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Maria's Letter and the Gulling of Malvolio : A Strategy to Create Laughter
| Title: | Maria's Letter and the Gulling of Malvolio : A Strategy to Create Laughter |
| Authors: | Miyashita, Yayoi Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | 日本英文学会 |
| Journal Title: | 英文学研究. 支部統合号 |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 43 |
| End Page: | 47 |
| Abstract: | Shakespearean drama is composed mainly of the speeches of the characters and a small number of stage directions. But there runs a deeper stream of dramatic design underneath the apparent reflection of the characters' intentions, which gives his plays a meaningful substance. In this small essay, I shall examine how dramatic design works in Shakespeare's plays — in spite of the characters' intentions — through the handy, but very illustrative, example of Maria's letter and Malvolio's reaction to it. The gulling of Malvolio is one of the most exquisite coups de thèâtre in Shakespeare's plays, and has been a source of attraction for both actors and audience. It has rarely been noticed, however, that there is embedded in Maria's letter and Malvolio's reaction to it a very cunning system which engenders the audience's laughter. The aim of this essay is to lay bare this calculated system which is obscured by the forward movement of the scene. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/55163 |
| Appears in Collections: | 文学院・文学研究院 (Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 宮下 弥生
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