ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex, Carnivalesque
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Act 2, scene 9: paper is still due the same date april 2, as decided based on a majority vote in class (review from last week): shakespeare is bound with canada"s colonial relation to canada and britain. Shakespeare is seen as the imperial cultural centre: gender is created through discourse; it makes it possible, elizabeth rex is interested in challenging power relations through carnivalesque. A (student thoughts): (1) therapeutic moment for queen elizabeth. It"s self-productive psychologically productive purging of emotions. (2) provides termination for events that cannot happen for logistical reasons. The theatre allows us to deal with events that cannot happen; it makes certain events possible, in this case, it provides elizabeth with some closure for not being able to say goodbye to. Theatre provides us with the opportunity to learn how to better act as ourselves. (2) the play gives us a better idea on how to respond to death.
