Sep
21
2020
0
By gretan
Annotation Text:
Implications of inherent class separation between nobility and commoner, as seen through the fact that Perdita's beauty is apparently so far above the beauty of a peasant.
While it is used more as a plot device than a statement of inherent inferiority, such blatant language of separations is problematic (and still used in modern storytelling as a convenient way of moving a plot forward).
Excerpt:
I have heard, sir, of such a man, who hath a
daughter of most rare note.
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Annotated Content:
Act 4 Scene 2