MIRANDOLINA CARLO GOLDONI

Read Mirandolina and focus on: The outline of the plot Main themes of the play The characters’ actions, behavior and language The Cavaliere’s position regarding women Mirandolina’s challenge to this position How Mirandolina wins the Cavaliere’s attention (from Act I, scene XXIII to Act II, scene IX + scene XIV) Function of actors and actresses in the play (Act II, scene X-XIII) Goldoni’s critique of the theater? Mirandolina’s victory (Act II, scene XVII-XVIII) Mirandolina’s refusal of the Cavaliere’s present (Act III, scene II-III) The “Ironing” scenes (IV-VII) The Cavaliere’s final defeat Mirandolina’s resolution (Act III, scene XIII)

Act III, scene XVII: a social critique? Act III, scene XVIII, turn of events, Mirandolina’s defeat? (concealing as woman’s virtue?) Have the Cavaliere and Mirandolina changed (Act III, scene XVIII-last scene) The social classes presented in the play Mirandolina as representative of a social class Mirandolina as a female character Mirandolina’s values Love and marriage in Mirandolina Goldoni’s artistry in presenting his characters Goldoni’s critique of Venetian society The values of the new society according to Goldoni The world as theater in Goldoni The theater as didactic tool in Goldoni Reason and enlightenment in Mirandolina