ENG 108 Lecture Notes - Freckle, Leper Colony, Pathetic Fallacy
28 Oct 2012
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Interpretation: fantasy, magical, supernatural, metatheatrical, postcolonial (race and imperial relations) What is a romance: one of shakespeare"s last plays, ex. Characters: prospero, caliban, non-human, lizard like, monster, animal, act 1 scene 2 (line 450) Miranda speaks: the three men i"ve seen in my lifetime. (refers to prosperos, ferdinan, and caliban) Therefore we can say that the way he is proceeded by the characters who he really is. (line 340) miranda speaks: never directly says he tried to rape her. Says that he deserves to be in isolation. Accusation so prospero says so he could take the island away from island: miranda, ariel. Novel signals it relationship to the play by intervening the generic. In a romance there is always some kind of conflict, and a conclusion that brings everything together. This rehabilitates the characters for the characters who have done wrong. Characters: dr. gardener: prospero, change of name connects to the themes.
