Select a play.
Select a play.
Read the quotes that appear at the bottom of the screen and then decide which image each one belongs to. Drag the quotation to match the relevant image.
When you have finished check your selection. Any incorrect quotes will drop out of the carousel and will need to be matched again.
Read the quotes that appear at the bottom of the screen and then decide which image each one belongs to. Drag the quotation to match the relevant image.
When you have finished check your selection. Any incorrect quotes will drop out of the carousel and will need to be matched again.
Look at the matching pairs of images and quotes in the carousel and answer the questions that follow.
These props are emblematic of characters who are deceased before the play begins. Compare the impact of each one.
What do these two remarks about sexual crimes have in common? Do they reflect contexts?
Explore and compare the ‘uncomfortable’ connotations of these comments.
How do these comments by female characters reflect attitudes of the times?
How do these comments from male characters, about women, reflect attitudes of the times?
Compare the way that these comments reflect ideas about justice and the law.
Compare these quotes and consider the irony in each playwrights’ presentation of the legal system.
Consider and compare the use of the deceased as ‘props’ in both plays.
Discuss the relationship between mad/absurd behaviour in both plays.
What do these quotations suggest about violence, punishment and justice? Can you link your ideas to contexts?