Homework Tasks

1.) How is the theme of deception developed in Act 2?
2.)Explore how the country characters are different to the town characters through language, activities and attitudes
3.) Collect examples of matched language patterns for the 6 pairs of characters. How are similar patterns revealed in this play?
4.) How do running jokes contribute to the comedy of Act 2? (German food?)
5.) Compare Lane, Merriman and Miss Prism as employees and as comic characters what do they bring to the play which would otherwise be missing?
6.) What attitudes towards Religion appear in Act 2? Consider christenings, services, relevance of religion to daily