ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: English Language In England, Quatrain, Pathos
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Would play alternate versions, comic versions in which the lovers survive. A tragedy that is built upon the structure of a comedy. Why does the chorus give the plot away at the beginning. After you know what happens in the plot, why do you need to see the play, where is the interest. Sonnet is typically a male lover writing to a female. There is an italian form of the sonnet, 8 lines, 6 lines, this changes when they turn to english. English sonnet: 3 quatrains (4 line chunks) and then a couplet at the end. Where the sonnet seems to turn, in italian its at 8 and 6. In english, the real juice is in the closing couplet. Forces a closer association between those two lines. It is rare for shakespeare"s plays to begin with a prologue, and when they do, they work to locate you in the scene.
