HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Deet
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Three islands (decolonizing)/ three answers as history changes. Tempest most rewritten play/ 2 novels based on the tempest/several movie adaptations. Shakespeare after shakespeare language is a partner to empire. Those who use language to undermine empire learn that it can replicate the power structure that it challenges. The language of shakespeare became the partner to empire (kipling) Shakespeare used to critique empire and allows the subjects to realize their power. Hakespeare is used (cid:271)y (cid:862)real advo(cid:272)ates(cid:863) of empire, it allows them to learn their vunerability. Using shakespeare, colonial subjects learn the limit of their power (cesaire, retamar) Thinking behind the colonizing process- european perspctv saw themselves doing it for the good of the people they were colonizing, for indigenous and for the slaves. Maki(cid:374)g their li(cid:448)es (cid:862)(cid:271)etter(cid:863)/ (cid:271)rought e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t/ language. Verbal qualities in commn w/ prospero: incantory lang thru repition to persuade/achieve pwr. Iambic pentameter (cid:862)(cid:449)hite (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) = good a(cid:374)d de(cid:272)e(cid:374)t hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) / (cid:449)hite(cid:374)ess=good(cid:374)ess.
