English Literature A-Level
Excess and self-display
What Excess and self-display means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Excess and self-display
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Exaggeration magnifies traits until they become absurd, with costume and gesture carrying as much comic weight as words.
Topics that use Excess and self-display
- Aspects of comedy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience response and emotional effect
- Comic mood and tonal balance
- Comic versus tragic structure
- Complex plotting
- Courtship and desire
- Courtship and domestic life
- Courtship and social codes
- Discomfort contained rather than disastrous
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