Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1325 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Halters and Bastinadoes"
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The idea
Sir Oliver's aside answers the servant's bags and bouquets with halters and bastinadoes, a noose and a beating. The reply rhymes structurally with what prompted it, two items against two, and the audience receives a verdict the servant never hears.
In practice
Two items answered with two.
Where people slip
The servant hears none of it.
Your place on the trail
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