English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ridicule, Abjection, New Place
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Political freedom: revenge, death and transfiguration: sea-change , dreams, the unconscious: sea imagery, title and scene i, symbolism of storm. Tempest means storm: rebellion: king (alonso), boatswain, antonio, sebastian, traitors, tempest = social disorder, gonzalo, wise councillor, storm double take. Exposition and back-story, antonio, alonso: scene ii, prospero tells the back-story. Art/magic vs. rule: magia vs. witchcraft (sycorax, prospero magic, book and staff magic symbols, metadrama (a drama about a drama) Time-frame: unity (everything happens in one afternoon) Ariel (can carry out what he imagines) To teach and delight: art forms: music, dance, visual effects. Perfect daughter: interlinked plots: 3 groups. Ferdinand: alone, on his own journey, thinks he is only survivor. Stephano, trinculo, and caliban: comic characters, try to take over island, ferdinand (trials) Want nothing more to do with it: act i scene i. Ariel wants freedom, not granted this request.
