ENGB38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Element Girl, Bardolatry, Paracosm
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Thematic connections episodes speak to similar concepts. Thousand cats collective imagination to reshape world. Facade an older hero coming forward and identity personas. 3 refer to mythologcal texts dream, calliope, Watchmen take older gloden age superheroes and gives a realistic representation of them. Sandman presents as though real world where we exist one universe with different. Diff from watchmen b/c its not just sandman goes back and rewrites these characters. All these characters exist at the same time and same place. Borrowed name from superhero form 60s and creates character named. Plot line of lovers who want to get married. Wedding play performed from ppl getting married pyramus and thisbe. Shakepeare"s version theres a play pyramus and thisbe. Characters around the play a midsummer night"s dream. The sandman play within a play within a comic. When you have the play playworld is artifical but also depicts a world where. Writer playing role himself and audience of fairies.
