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Definition of Mood
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect of a piece of writing... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes... read full definition
Key Examples in Every Man in His Humour
Act 4, Scene 3
Explanation and Analysis:
The mood of the play is zany and chaotic, full of scenes of confusion and mistaken identity. In one comedic scene, for example, the paranoid cloth-merchant Kitely misinterprets the innocent words of his wife, Dame Kitely, suspecting her of making various sexual double entendres:
DAME KITELY
Indeed, he seemed to be a gentleman of an exceeding fair disposition, and of very excellent good parts!KITELY
Her love, by heaven! My wife's minion!
Fair disposition? Excellent good parts?
Death, these phrases are intolerable!
Good parts? How should she know his parts?
His parts? Well, well, well, well, well, well!
It is too plain, too clear. Thomas, come hither.
What, are they gone?
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