stance? Are they anywhere useful to the plot in this play? If so, where and how? 38. How does Thurio appear, as a suitor? 39. How may the feeling of Proteus for Sylvia be characterized? 40. Does it seem likely from what Thurio shows of himself, that he can follow Proteus's advice successfully, in love-making? 41. What does Proteus display of his ability in sentimental expression? 42. Compare his protestations with those of Valentine earlier expressed in the play. ACT IV 43. The effect of what incident in English history is seen in scene i? What does the scene express of the romantic notion of outlaws? What, in the times, made this idea of outlawry sometimes a reasonable one? What do the outlaws themselves in this scene explain of the state of things that made this so? 44. Why were they willing to make Valentine one of their number? Does this further throw light on the causes of outlawry at the time? 45. What dramatic purpose does the Host serve? Why is it a particularly effective one here? 46. What does the Host mean when he says, "He loved her out of all nick"? 47. How is Sylvia affected by Proteus? 48. Describe Julia's expression of feeling throughout scene iii. 49. What are the striking dramatic points of this scene? What contrasts of character and action are brought out? 50. Does Sylvia appear as substantial in her expression of feeling as Julia? Does her decision to seek Valentine with Sir Eglamour speak for her sincerity more than her words have done? What appears weak in her expression of her feeling otherwise than by this action? 51. What is the important dramatic element of the scenes in which Julia acts as page to Proteus to carry his messages to Sylvia? 52. Where does Julia voice the essential impulse that has prompted the faithlessness of Proteus? What gives her so keen an intuition? ACT V 53. Considering the manner in which his character was previously presented, does Sir Eglamour's failure to protect Sylvia from the outlaws appear to be a blemish in the presentation of the situation? What does this help to exemplify of the period of the Poet's manner when this play was written? 54. Of what is Valentine's soliloquy in scene iv expressive? 55. Does Proteus receive his logical desert in finding Sylvia distressed that it is he who has saved her from the outlaws? 56. Explain Valentine's renunciation of Sylvia. 57. Comment on Proteus's return to Julia. |