PORTRAYAL OF HERO
- Created by: SofiaClarkson
- Created on: 09-06-18 12:59
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- CHARACTER OF HERO AS AN ACTOR
- Act 4 Scene 1
- "Rotten orange" and asks her father to "take her back"
- Her honour has been stripped but she responds with conjuring a plan in collaboration with the Friar
- "Rotten orange" and asks her father to "take her back"
- Act 5 Scene 3
- "and when I liv'd I was your other wife; and when you lov'd you were my husband"
- Emphasise the second "I" and slowly remove my mask, shock Claudio, wide stance to signify authority
- "One Hero defil'd but I do live... I am a maid"
- Move closer to Claudio, ready for conflict, strong woman
- "I am a maid" break 4th wall, emphasise "am", pride
- Subtext "the old Hero is dead but I'm here now better than ever"
- Significance of the name Hero, she's a Hero of her own story, stronger than those would believe
- "and when I liv'd I was your other wife; and when you lov'd you were my husband"
- Act 3 Scene 4
- Caring with Beatrice
- "How now! Do you speak in the sick tune?"
- Run towards her and hold her hand and stare lovingly
- "How now! Do you speak in the sick tune?"
- Caring with Beatrice
- Complexity of her character
- Virtuous nature and cunning abilities
- Context
- Remains chaste and virtuous, supposed to be submissive and subdued
- Described as "everybody's Hero" more than what society labels her
- Act 4 Scene 1
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