Cupcake Recipe
Hero,
why have you chosen this character?
Hero is a sweet and innocent young girl. A cupcake is sweet like Hero many ingredients will represent her characteristics.
what is your first impression of this character?
Hero is a young naive girl who everyone seems to appreciate . They mainly appreciate Hero's beauty and innocence.
-Butter cream icing... - Gentle, innocence
-Small sliced strawberry's... - Beauty, elegance
-White ready made icing that
can be moulded into a flower, with a yellow centre... -Purity
Butter cream icing is light and delicate this reflects Hero's naive and gentle personality. Like Hero the icing is soft and soothing on the taste buds leaving a lightly sweet taste behind.Her gentle personality is shown as Benedick tells Claudio 'you killed a sweet lady', this tells the audience how much everybody loves Hero and her kind personality and how even when most thinks she is dead she will never be forgotten.
The white iced flower shows Hero's innocent purity as a young girl. As the audience we know Hero is innocent and loyal to Claudio, 'i say thou hast belied mine innocent child' the white of the flower shows her purity.
By adding the sliced strawberry's to the cupcake i have represented her sweet beauty. As a fruit the strawberry is seen as a luxuriously natural fruit.The luxury of the strawberry represent the elegance of Hero's personality, she never falls from grace and always holds her head high even when being accused of being disloyal, 'i talked to no man at that hour' she handles the situation with with a gentle reaction. The strawberry could also link to Hero's natural beauty, as the audience we see that Hero is meant to be a immaculate young lady in the eyes of a man,'in mine eye, she is the sweetest lady that ever i looked on'.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Act IV Sc 1
- This scene contains no comedic elements
-In terms of tragedy there is pathos, bathos and peripetia.
-Deception presents once more.
-The friar lies through verse, Benedict vows to lie, Hero 'dies' because of a lie, Benedict and Beatrice finally confess their love to each other but once again it is because of a lie.
-more comic relief -malapropisms -misunderstanding -farce
Dramatic irony occurs in this scene as the audience already knows what is going to happen, (Hero's shaming)
- They decide to publicly humiliate Hero at the wedding to have revenge over Hero. They choose to wait till the wedding so it is in public and everyone can know of her unfaithfulness. They know that doing it in public will ruin her life as no other man will ever want her after knowing she is a 'disloyal' woman.
-As Leonato first finds out of Hero's infidelity he begins to denie that Hero would even attempt a thing like that, not his perfectly pure child? He goes on to question Claudio and Don Pedro, 'what do you mean'. He then seem confused and questions if Claudio took her purity away from her before they were married.
He begins to believe Claudio, this shows patriarchy as he believes a man over his own daughter as she is a woman. He is angry with his daughter and ashamed of her. He tells Hero 'do not live' showing how angry and ashamed he is and telling the audience he wants her dead.
-Benedick's allegiance has shifted as he is now loyal to Beatrice. It is showed that he is know loyal to Beatrice instead of the men when he tell Leonato 'i know not what to say'. He wants everybody to re-think the situation so that he does not have to be separated from his friends for the woman he loves. He tries to uncover the Truth in front of everyone so he can resolve the situation this is show when he says 'were you her bedfellow last night'.
-Leaonato of course believes the men still so he interprets Hero's facial expressions to show that she is guilty leading him to defiantly believe she is guilty. The friar believes Hero's facial expression means something else, he tells Hero 'in her eye there hath appeared fires' this shows he thinks her facial expression shows anger and how innocent she may be.
-Of course Benedict is first to name Don John as the villain 'whose spirits toil in frame of villainies'
-Friar Francis plot is to deceive Claudio and make him feel sympathy for Hero.He then believes it will make Claudio feel guilty and realise his love for Hero once again and reconsider his accusations.
-The back up plan if Hero's reputation cannot be salvaged is to send her away to a nunnery, 'in some reclusive and religious life'.
-Once Benedict and Beatrice are alone together the language begins to become sharper and more accurate. Beatrice says ' i was about to protest i loved you', this shows how the language becomes bawdy. The sentences are shorter but it shows how they are slowly coming closer.
-Benedick is the first to declare his love to Beatrice, 'i do love nothing in the world so well as you'. Benedick may declare this as he wants to cease his opportunity of the two being alone. He could also want to cheer her up and make her believe in love again after she has just witnessed two people fall out of love.
Beatrice goes on to make their happiness faultier as she gives Benedict an ultimatum, 'kill Claudio'. However Benedict like any other person will not want to murder his best friend therefore he replies with 'not for the world'. Beatrice takes this as Benedict would not do anything in the world for her therefore he must not love her?
-The lecture shows how furoscious Beatrice can be,She begins to take her fury out on Benedict. It shows within her language when she uses words like 'scorned'. Beatrice shows how angry she is by telling the audience 'i would eat his heart', this shows she is angry enough to kill Claudio for what he did to her cousin.
-Benedick's statement to challenge Claudio shows how he had changed to make Beatrice happier. It shows that his slow transformation has now come to an end and he is the man he wants to be now to make Beatrice happy. He first changed his clothes and shaved his beard for her but now he has gone to the full extent by changing his personality for her.
Act 3 scene 4-
-The audience begin to notice a change in Beatrice's behaviour.
Her bawdy wit seems to be put aside. The girls make sexual jokes within the play as well as the men this may be surprising to the audience as most of the women were quiet and only had intentions of pleasing men.
Margret says to Hero, 'is there any harm in the heavier, for a husband'?, this is a sexual joke she also makes another sexual reference when she says 'twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man'.
-'cardus Benedictus' is a thistle plant that grows in the wild.It can be used as a medical herbal remedy. Although Beatrice takes this as an insult to Benedict assuming it was made to be a double meaning to Benedict's name.
-The audience may be a little deceived by Margret's behaviour. Her character is bawdy which shows us that Shakespeare has used comic relief within her character to distract us from the tragedy of the wedding that is later foreshadowed.
-The audience begin to notice a change in Beatrice's behaviour.
Her bawdy wit seems to be put aside. The girls make sexual jokes within the play as well as the men this may be surprising to the audience as most of the women were quiet and only had intentions of pleasing men.
Margret says to Hero, 'is there any harm in the heavier, for a husband'?, this is a sexual joke she also makes another sexual reference when she says 'twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man'.
-'cardus Benedictus' is a thistle plant that grows in the wild.It can be used as a medical herbal remedy. Although Beatrice takes this as an insult to Benedict assuming it was made to be a double meaning to Benedict's name.
-The audience may be a little deceived by Margret's behaviour. Her character is bawdy which shows us that Shakespeare has used comic relief within her character to distract us from the tragedy of the wedding that is later foreshadowed.
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Act 3 scene 5....
Dogberry's character - comic relief - A part in the play where you are distracted from the seriousness within the scene. His character distracts the auidience from the confrentation that is about to arise at the wedding. His character is now dicieving the audience and not just each other.
"marry sir, i would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly"
"marry sir, i would have some concerns with you that decerns you nearly"
"Goodman verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir, and his wits are not so sharp as, god help, i would desire they were;"
-Trying to say he is thick however he is actually calling him smart
"Comaparisons are odorous; palabras, neighbor verges"
"Comparisons are ardurous; palabras, neighbor verges"
What does Dogeberry want above all to communicate to Leonato in this scene? why? How does this impede the discovery of the crime against Hero?
Dogeberry attempts to communicate to Leonato that he has caught two 'suspicious people' , he does this as he wants to better himself and prove to Leonato he is a good constable.While attempting to impress Leonato, Dogbery uses many malapropisms, in doing this Leonato can see that he is talking to the village idiot.
This impedes the discovery of the crime Claudio is planning as because he has arrested the two men they cannot tell him of the crime thats is later going to come to light.
What is the great honor which Leonato bestows upon Dogberry and Verges?
The great honor he bestows upon the two is he allows them to examine the two 'suspicious people' alone without him being there.
Dogberry's character - comic relief - A part in the play where you are distracted from the seriousness within the scene. His character distracts the auidience from the confrentation that is about to arise at the wedding. His character is now dicieving the audience and not just each other.
"marry sir, i would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly"
"marry sir, i would have some concerns with you that decerns you nearly"
"Goodman verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir, and his wits are not so sharp as, god help, i would desire they were;"
-Trying to say he is thick however he is actually calling him smart
"Comaparisons are odorous; palabras, neighbor verges"
"Comparisons are ardurous; palabras, neighbor verges"
What does Dogeberry want above all to communicate to Leonato in this scene? why? How does this impede the discovery of the crime against Hero?
Dogeberry attempts to communicate to Leonato that he has caught two 'suspicious people' , he does this as he wants to better himself and prove to Leonato he is a good constable.While attempting to impress Leonato, Dogbery uses many malapropisms, in doing this Leonato can see that he is talking to the village idiot.
This impedes the discovery of the crime Claudio is planning as because he has arrested the two men they cannot tell him of the crime thats is later going to come to light.
What is the great honor which Leonato bestows upon Dogberry and Verges?
The great honor he bestows upon the two is he allows them to examine the two 'suspicious people' alone without him being there.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
How does the form of the language in this gulling scene differ from that used in the scene with Benedick? Why the difference?
What are three elements found in common in the gulling of both Benedick and Beatrice? What is unusual about the form of the language of last ten lines in this scene? Why does Shakespeare have Beatrice speak like this?
'Our talk must only be of Benedick'
'To wish him wrestly with affection and never to let Beatrice know it'
The girls blame Beatrice for the two not being together like the men do also.
'As she is prized to have ,as to refuse so rare a gentlemen as signor Benedick' - they think Benedick is to good for Beatrice, as if she doesn't deserve him.
Benedick thought Beatrice didn't love him -'Misprising what they look on'
We learn the truth about Benedick and Beatrice in the women's scene - 'she cannot love, nor take no shape nor project of affection. - She hurt him in the past , as she was constantly witty therefore she confused him, he didn't know whether to believe she loved him or hated him.
-They are scared of loving each other
-Fear of rejection
-Afraid of what the other may think
-Incapable
Beatrice's final monologue (last 10 lines) is a sonnet. -Showing her true love for Benedick?
What are three elements found in common in the gulling of both Benedick and Beatrice? What is unusual about the form of the language of last ten lines in this scene? Why does Shakespeare have Beatrice speak like this?
'Our talk must only be of Benedick'
'To wish him wrestly with affection and never to let Beatrice know it'
The girls blame Beatrice for the two not being together like the men do also.
'As she is prized to have ,as to refuse so rare a gentlemen as signor Benedick' - they think Benedick is to good for Beatrice, as if she doesn't deserve him.
Benedick thought Beatrice didn't love him -'Misprising what they look on'
We learn the truth about Benedick and Beatrice in the women's scene - 'she cannot love, nor take no shape nor project of affection. - She hurt him in the past , as she was constantly witty therefore she confused him, he didn't know whether to believe she loved him or hated him.
-They are scared of loving each other
-Fear of rejection
-Afraid of what the other may think
-Incapable
Beatrice's final monologue (last 10 lines) is a sonnet. -Showing her true love for Benedick?
Act 2 Sc3
Is “Come hither, Leonato” meant for Benedick’s ears, or is it meant as a signal to begin the gulling?
I think 'come hither Leonato' is meant to represent the signal that the gulling of Beatrice is about to begin . As the others Don Pedro, Leaonato, Claudio and Balthasar are meant to believe that Benedick is not around to listen to their conversation even though the audience know he is there.
'What was it you told me of to-day, that your niece Beatrice is in love with signor Benedick?'
Does Benedick react to this? if so how, and how large is his reaction?
Benedick seems shocked at the statement. He has a slight reaction, 'is't possible. Sits the wind in the corner?'. Benedick does not react too much as he does not want the others to hear him, however as he says 'Is't possible' he seems to be surprised by the information and happy. Although his reaction is dulled down this also may have been done to show that eventhough he is happy about the information he still wants to remain within the persona that he dislikes Beatrice.
Benedick Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner? Is this a moment for audience contact? If so, where does Benedick need to be in order to make that contact? Does he need to move during the previous lines, from one hiding space to another?
Benedick would most likely be sitting at the front of the stage in the corner so he is visible to the audience however it looks as though he is in a different place to the other men as they could be upper stage to the opposite side as him. As he says 'Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner?' he would look out towards the audience and question them.
As he moves on to his next line in the play i imagine he would have got down from the stage and be weaving within the audience member's looking as though he is sneaking. As he says 'I should think this a gull, but that the white bearded fellow speaks it', he could be questioning an audience member as if he was having a conversation with them.
He then [emerges] on top the stage. When the others leave i imagine him to slowly make his way back to the stage and as they leave he would enter back on to the stage for his monologue.
What are eight “graces” which Benedick believes a hypothetical woman must have before he would consider marrying her? What one quality is he flexible upon?
She should be 'wise', 'Virtuous' , 'Fair , 'Mild' , 'Noble' , 'Angel' , 'Musician'.
He is flexible on the colour of her hair, ' Her hair shall be of what colour it please God.
What one element of the “gulling scene” seems to convince Benedick that it is no trick?
He seems to change his mind on the affection of Beatrice when he See's the 'white-bearded fellow speaks it'. This seems to change his mind and he becomes more interested in their conversation.
What effect does the news of Beatrice’s possible suicide have on Benedick?
What is Beatrice’s meaning in the message she delivers to Benedick between lines 243 – 252? What does Benedick think she means?
Benedick thinks that Beatrice is excited to come to dinner as earlier Claudio tells the men to let Beatrice 'wear it out with good counsel, This leads Benedick to believe Beatrice is nasty to him because she likes him and cannot admit to her feelings.
Is “Come hither, Leonato” meant for Benedick’s ears, or is it meant as a signal to begin the gulling?
I think 'come hither Leonato' is meant to represent the signal that the gulling of Beatrice is about to begin . As the others Don Pedro, Leaonato, Claudio and Balthasar are meant to believe that Benedick is not around to listen to their conversation even though the audience know he is there.
'What was it you told me of to-day, that your niece Beatrice is in love with signor Benedick?'
Does Benedick react to this? if so how, and how large is his reaction?
Benedick seems shocked at the statement. He has a slight reaction, 'is't possible. Sits the wind in the corner?'. Benedick does not react too much as he does not want the others to hear him, however as he says 'Is't possible' he seems to be surprised by the information and happy. Although his reaction is dulled down this also may have been done to show that eventhough he is happy about the information he still wants to remain within the persona that he dislikes Beatrice.
Benedick Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner? Is this a moment for audience contact? If so, where does Benedick need to be in order to make that contact? Does he need to move during the previous lines, from one hiding space to another?
Benedick would most likely be sitting at the front of the stage in the corner so he is visible to the audience however it looks as though he is in a different place to the other men as they could be upper stage to the opposite side as him. As he says 'Is't possible? Sits the wind in that corner?' he would look out towards the audience and question them.
As he moves on to his next line in the play i imagine he would have got down from the stage and be weaving within the audience member's looking as though he is sneaking. As he says 'I should think this a gull, but that the white bearded fellow speaks it', he could be questioning an audience member as if he was having a conversation with them.
He then [emerges] on top the stage. When the others leave i imagine him to slowly make his way back to the stage and as they leave he would enter back on to the stage for his monologue.
What are eight “graces” which Benedick believes a hypothetical woman must have before he would consider marrying her? What one quality is he flexible upon?
She should be 'wise', 'Virtuous' , 'Fair , 'Mild' , 'Noble' , 'Angel' , 'Musician'.
He is flexible on the colour of her hair, ' Her hair shall be of what colour it please God.
What one element of the “gulling scene” seems to convince Benedick that it is no trick?
He seems to change his mind on the affection of Beatrice when he See's the 'white-bearded fellow speaks it'. This seems to change his mind and he becomes more interested in their conversation.
What effect does the news of Beatrice’s possible suicide have on Benedick?
What is Beatrice’s meaning in the message she delivers to Benedick between lines 243 – 252? What does Benedick think she means?
Benedick thinks that Beatrice is excited to come to dinner as earlier Claudio tells the men to let Beatrice 'wear it out with good counsel, This leads Benedick to believe Beatrice is nasty to him because she likes him and cannot admit to her feelings.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Deborched behaviour- Behaved in a sexual nature.
To lead- To have sexual intercourse with.
MASKED BALL.
The theatre audience is denied direct access to the pivotal moments in Don Pedro and Claudio's courtship of Hero.
Line 26- 'Lord i could not endure a husband with a beard on his face' -Benidick may have a beard? -making reference to his looks, once again telling us how she despises him and could never imagine being with him. - Trying to fool the audience.
Line 56- Purposely misunderstanding the bible
150- 'I heard him swear his affection' -Don John deceiving Claudio as as he tells him that Don Pedro is woowing Hero for himself.
Hero's maid (Margret) - kind hearted prostitute
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