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The final Masque is a sum of the two cultures present in the book. The mythology and the symbolism of classical culture in al allegorical masque summarizing the various arguments that the text treats.
Conclusion
Aurelia is a work full of figures, themes and problems that reflect the Elizabethan culture. In fact, it is a work of its time, in the same way that Whetstone is an author of his time. Aurelia has a well organized structure that is the result of medieval ideas of order and symmetry. It’s also the result of Whetstone’s readings and cultural interests and sums up what its author had been able to learn and assimilate.
It is a moralizing work, that shows many aspects of the time in which it was written. For example, patriotism for a great nation of the period. England was very potent at that time. It was the period of the colonization of America and commercial expansion.
The characters of the book are products of their time.
Isabella e Fabritio judge the controversies tanks to their wise minds; Doctor Mossenigo is a German and hates women and Love; Soranso is a quick and sharp man; Dondolo is ambiguous like his name: the Ladies are modern women and defend their own sex. Queen Aurelia is a perfect woman of Court and her brother Philoxenus is a perfect Courtier. Thai can dance, play, and sustain discussion easily.
The names of the characters can be pronounced in a Venetian accent.
For example, Mossenigo is “Mocenigo” in Venetian dialect. Mocenigo is the name of an ancient Venetian family and probably Whetstone heard this surname in his journey to Venice. Perhaps, he was interested in Andrea Mocenigo who was a politician and wrote sole books and among them a theological book called Pentatuco. Ravenna was part of the Pontifical State, but had been of Republic of Venice until 1509.
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