Last Lesson 31/10/13

Last Lesson:

Last lesson we read through more of Act 4 Scenes 1 and 2 and I learnt more about Leonato being a comedic character that he is. For example he goes from believing Don John and Don Pedro in the fact his daughter has been unfaithful and saying that she would be better off if she was dead, to then saying that Don John and Don Pedro are lying and that he will kill them if what they say is untrue. This shows him in a comedic manner as it is almost comedic in the way he just can instantly change his mind when it comes to such a big deal.

We learnt that in Act 4 Scene 2 there are:

• Malapropisms- the wrong word used at the wrong time.
• Misunderstandings- when two characters have a misunderstanding it is simply as they do not understand eachother.
• Farce- over the top situations/language that can be seen as silly.

I also learnt that to argue against Samuel Taylor Coleridge I could use the point where he says that the character of Dogberry could 'be any police officer'. I could disagree by saying in many situations it has to be a character like Dogberry as he has to be idiotic but a character that wants to act smart in all situations.