ENG220H1 Lecture : Eng220-2nd
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Act5s1- original script - theseus (not in orignial draft - such shaping fantasies, that apprehend. The poet"s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; The forms of things unknown, the poet"s pen. Turns them to shapes, and gives to aery nothing. A local habitation and a name. ) become a self inclusion passage. Strong emphasis on the poet (himself) of the play. Poets are a truly creative - giving a form to things that is not there. Change our views on theseus - kinder, gentler, outgoing and humane. Expose the rational, world beyond reasoning, more human approach to the people coming on stage. Emotional depth, impulses, the play itself have awaken him. Bottom - his vision all mixed up, play within a play. Synaesthesia - rely on higher form of conscious. To move outside of logic and into intuition.
