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GCSE English Literature · key term
An imitation that makes its subject appear ridiculous; Stephano’s imagined court parodies royal authority.
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Paper 1
A comic imitation that exposes or mocks the features of its subject.
Revise: Act 3Stephano imagines becoming king, with Miranda as queen and the others as subordinate rulers. Their grand titles parody a royal court: the behaviour beneath them is drunken, selfish and violent.
Paper 1
Stephano imagines himself as king, with Miranda as queen and the others as subordinate rulers. His imagined court parodies monarchy: a drunken butler adopts grand authority while threatening and beating his companion.
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An imitation that makes its subject appear ridiculous. Stephano’s imagined kingship parodies political ambition.
Component 1
An imitation of a person, style or institution that exposes it to ridicule.
Revise: Act 4Feste’s role turns supposed spiritual care into a parody. He calls Malvolio a lunatic and addresses him as though a devil were speaking through him. Malvolio appeals to the authority he believes Sir Topas possesses: “Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged.”
