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The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)

This paper focuses on the first scene of Act II (the apricot scene) and explores the themes of simulation and dissimulation, and the dialectics of appearances and reality, which fashion the scene’s unity. The first part examines Bosola’s harsh satire of courtiers and lawyers who would be ostentatiou...

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Glavni autor:	Drouet, Pascale
Format:	Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:	Anglais
Izdano:	Arrêt sur scène / Scene Focus 2023
Teme:	La Duchesse de Malfi Webster scène des abricots hypocrisie sociale protection de la vie privée méditation sur l’être humain livre des maladies métaphores animales métaphores horticoles intertexte shakespearien The Duchess of Malfi apricot scene social hypocrisy protection of privacy meditation on mankind book of diseases animal references horticultural metaphors Shakespearean intertext
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:asf_3739 https://doi.org/10.4000/asf.3739 urn:doi:10.4000/asf.3739 en https://journals.openedition.org/asf/3739 2023-11-14T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a4c0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i) Arrêt sur scène / Scene Focus IRCL (UMR 5186) CNRS/Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2268-977X URI:https://journals.openedition.org/asf Drouet, Pascale La Duchesse de Malfi Webster scène des abricots hypocrisie sociale protection de la vie privée méditation sur l’être humain livre des maladies métaphores animales métaphores horticoles intertexte shakespearien The Duchess of Malfi Webster apricot scene social hypocrisy protection of privacy meditation on mankind book of diseases animal references horticultural metaphors Shakespearean intertext This paper focuses on the first scene of Act II (the apricot scene) and explores the themes of simulation and dissimulation, and the dialectics of appearances and reality, which fashion the scene’s unity. The first part examines Bosola’s harsh satire of courtiers and lawyers who would be ostentatiously “eminent”, and the verbal jousting about secret ambition that opposes the spy to the steward. The second part shows how pretence comes in a variety of forms : social hypocrisy (publicly pretending to be what you are not), protection of privacy (hiding the Duchess’s pregnancy) and meditation on mankind (denouncing “painting” and “rich tissue” as vain covering). The third part presents Bosola’s book of diseases, his deciphering and aggravating of the Duchess’s symptoms, and the animal references (“prodigy”) and horticultural metaphors (“grafting”) he uses to sarcastically comment upon deformity and hybridization. The Shakespearean intertextual resonances at work in the scene are also taken into account (Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale). Prenant pour objet d’étude la première scène de l’acte II, cet article s’intéresse à l’interaction entre simulation et dissimulation, et à la dialectique du réel et des apparences, lesquelles confèrent à cette scène son unité. L’auteur commence par mettre en lumière, d’une part, la satire féroce que Bosola fait des courtisans et des magistrats en quête de renommée, d’autre part, l’ambition secrète que révèle la confrontation verbale entre Bosola et Antonio. Il analyse ensuite trois variations sur le faux-semblant : hypocrisie sociale (prétendre être publiquement ce que l’on n’est pas), protection de la vie privée (cacher sa grossesse), méditation sur l’être humain (dénoncer maquillage et vêtement comme de vains écrans). Enfin, il se penche sur le livre des maladies que présente Bosola, sur la façon dont ce dernier déchiffre et aggrave les symptômes de la Duchesse, sur les métaphores horticoles auxquelles il recourt ironiquement pour dénoncer les processus de déformation et d’hybridation. L’intertexte shakespearien (Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale) est également pris en compte.
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topic	La Duchesse de Malfi Webster scène des abricots hypocrisie sociale protection de la vie privée méditation sur l’être humain livre des maladies métaphores animales métaphores horticoles intertexte shakespearien The Duchess of Malfi Webster apricot scene social hypocrisy protection of privacy meditation on mankind book of diseases animal references horticultural metaphors Shakespearean intertext
spellingShingle	La Duchesse de Malfi Webster scène des abricots hypocrisie sociale protection de la vie privée méditation sur l’être humain livre des maladies métaphores animales métaphores horticoles intertexte shakespearien The Duchess of Malfi Webster apricot scene social hypocrisy protection of privacy meditation on mankind book of diseases animal references horticultural metaphors Shakespearean intertext Drouet, Pascale The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
description	This paper focuses on the first scene of Act II (the apricot scene) and explores the themes of simulation and dissimulation, and the dialectics of appearances and reality, which fashion the scene’s unity. The first part examines Bosola’s harsh satire of courtiers and lawyers who would be ostentatiously “eminent”, and the verbal jousting about secret ambition that opposes the spy to the steward. The second part shows how pretence comes in a variety of forms : social hypocrisy (publicly pretending to be what you are not), protection of privacy (hiding the Duchess’s pregnancy) and meditation on mankind (denouncing “painting” and “rich tissue” as vain covering). The third part presents Bosola’s book of diseases, his deciphering and aggravating of the Duchess’s symptoms, and the animal references (“prodigy”) and horticultural metaphors (“grafting”) he uses to sarcastically comment upon deformity and hybridization. The Shakespearean intertextual resonances at work in the scene are also taken into account (Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale).
author	Drouet, Pascale
author_facet	Drouet, Pascale
author_sort	Drouet, Pascale
title	The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
title_short	The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
title_full	The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
title_fullStr	The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
title_full_unstemmed	The Dialectics of Appearances and Reality (act ii, scene i)
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