Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 15 AIL 1437 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Reading a Character as the Author
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The idea
Unit five's rule holds with full force. Claudius says true things about prayer and is a murderer; Orsino says memorable things about love and is being mocked for them. A line's quality is no evidence that the play endorses it.
In practice
A good line is not an endorsement.
Where people slip
Orsino is being mocked.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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