ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Simile
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Understand how formal elements and theatrical convention dictate delivery. Experiment with "cold reading" to identify and react to those formal elements. Stress the syllables, helps to find the spots where it doesn"t feel right. Breathe at the end of each line, breathing according to meter. Breathe in at the end of each line. Then when you"re comfortable read with the periods etc. This takes the form of a verb, i _____ you . I coerce you, i accuse you, i flatter you, etc. These are actors [] who are all upended into thin air we are stuff such as dreams are made on, gift shoppy wording . This is a masque the masque is a performance that is not so much about individuating characters but rather figures, he addresses juno, cyrus, etc. He puts this on to celebrate the wedding of ferdinand and. Long stage directions that show us about the business, kind of like the dumb show.
