Lol don't say sorry.
Well sifrstly, to get a decent mark, its highly import to keep relating back to context, and write about <i>why</i> certain things are in the novel. For example, Sheridan was, in his later life, an MP and fought greatly for womens rights. Sheridans views on women are portrayed in numerous places throughout the play, for example during Lady Teazles argument with Sir Peter (not sure which scene... sorry... its fairly early on though...), where he presents Lady Teazle as extremely quick witted and intelligent, more so than the male in the scene (who, at the time, would have been classed as mroe important) ....
S.P 'you had no taste when you married me....'
Lady Teazle turns this around agaisnt him, and numerous other examples of this are seen throughout the play.
Also relating to context is the constant reminder of money. This can be seen in character names, such as 'Mr Premium', in various scenes there are numerous words relating to money slipped into normal conversations (re-read the book, highlight them, you'll be suprised how many there are). This is relating to the fact that Sheridan was cut off from his family, meaning he had no money from them and had to work out a living for himself.
Another context point is that throughout the play Charles is fighting to be with Maria, his true love. Sheridan always speaks fondly of these tow characters, and I believe that this is likely to be because the characters are a reminder of Sheridans past, who ran away from home at an early age to lve in France and marry his tru love <3
(another good example to slip in to get a mark for context is about the prologue... it was written by a good friend of Sheridans, he was a very popular play writer at the time, and by having him write the prologue means that more people are likely to be interested and come and see the play. This is for 2 reasons... 1) he may have wanted to help Sheridan, his friend, out :} 2) the most likely reason... He partly owned the building where the play was being shown, and wanted toa ttract more people, therefroe making more money : p )
Also relating to context is the constant reminder of money. This can be seen in character names, such as 'Mr Premium', in various scenes there are numerous words relating to money slipped into normal conversations (re-read the book, highlight them, you'll be suprised how many there are). This is relating to the fact that Sheridan was cut off from his family, meaning he had no money from them and had to work out a living for himself.
Another context point is that throughout the play Charles is fighting to be with Maria, his true love. Sheridan always speaks fondly of these tow characters, and I believe that this is likely to be because the characters are a reminder of Sheridans past, who ran away from home at an early age to lve in France and marry his tru love <3
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Main themes in the book... money, sex, relationships, generations, humour, scandal
... you should be prepared for a question on any one of these... get practisicing :]
... I'll post some more nots on themes and characters in detail later... :]... atm Im half way through a spies practise paper lol...
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