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MOCK - Male Aggression (Act 1 Scene 1 (Exposition of play is centred…
MOCK - Male Aggression
Act 1 Scene 1
Exposition of play is centred around Aggression - Aggression is a central theme that drives forward the plot
'Thrust against the wall... Cut off their maidenheads' - Use of Double Entendres (Thrust = Thrust of sword or penis and 'Maidenhead' refer to head or hymen) - Violent connotations w/ harsh sounds (C and Th) - Holy act of sex is being tainted by aggression and used as an act of aggression 'My Naked weapon is out'
Names of Servants = Biblical yet actions are violent and crude - Anyone is capable of Aggression - Could be critique about the Aggression caused by the Church, by Shakespeare
'What ho! You men, you beasts' - Reference to men as animals - Aggression causes men to act in an animalistic manner
'If you ever disturb the quiet of our streets, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace' - Use of 'if' indicates ultimatum yet despite this, Agression still occurs after this - Aggression has the power to defy and undermine authority
'I will show myself a tyrant' - Choice of the word 'Tyrant' when describing a servant shows how Agression leads to the creation of Hubris but also causes people to become callous
'We be in choler' - Reference to yellow bile, the believed cause of anger - Aggression cannot be controlled and is like a disease four humors
'If they bear it' - The choice of the word 'if' indicates a condition - Aggression and its effects can be accepted or rejected at the recipient's discretion
Act 3 Scene 1
'Fee-simple of my life' - Like how land is held in common law with a 'fee-simple' - Those who commit acts of Aggression are restrained and 'owned' by others
Act 3 Scene 5
'God's bread, it makes me mad... my fingers itch'
'm' - restrained sound that juxtaposes Lord C impulsive actions - Thoughts of aggression blind those who are intrinsically good
'My fingers itch' is a colloquialism - Incongruous image - Aggression causes people to commit acts not expected by someone of their status
'God's bread' is blasphemous - The act and thoughts of Aggression go against God (it's a sin) - Aggression destroys and damages temple of the Holy Spirit
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Act 5 Scene 3
'Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death'
Image of aggression juxtaposed with words in semantic field of 'birth' - Experiences of aggression are inevitable
'Let me peruse this face' - Paris, an authoratitive figure is slain without knowledge of his status - Acts of aggression are indiscriminate and are stronger than any measure of authority.
'O, what more favour can I do to thee...?'
Use of rhetorical questions and involuntary 'o' establishes a confession with a tone of dismay - Aggression leads to extreme emotions of guilt
'Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain
To sunder his that was thine enemy'- Romeo's initial thought is one of suicide, an extreme sin - The effects of Aggression need retribution. Also, shows Aggression disturbs the natural order
Act 1 Scene 5
'This intrusion now seeming sweet shall convert to bittr'st gall' - Idea of poison - Tybalt's Aggression shall taint the purity of R and J's love. Use of rhyming couplets indicates the magnitude of Tybalt's aggression and foreshadows his future aggression