Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1327 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Aside as a Running Commentary
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The idea
A play full of asides gives the audience a companion who shares their view of events. Sheridan's comedy works partly by making the audience a party to judgments the characters on stage cannot make. That companionship is the device's social function.
In practice
The audience gains a companion.
Where people slip
A shared judgment, withheld on stage.
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