E 315P Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Androgyny
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Romance - romantic places, setting, language, actions, clothes - like the masque, prospero"s magic and robes - redemption. Prospero"s goals - gets daughter married to prince, dealing with. All this is to get his dukedom back - his main goal. Harpy is a women - but it played by ariel, who is a male spirit - shows his androgyny. Prospero"s magic is books, spells, language in play - in the movie it is crystals, lights, astrology, physics and celestial control. They are need to feel bad and suffer. Path to prospero"s redemption is through them. Prospero sues magic to gain and exercise power over them. Caliban plan - take prospero"s books then kill prospero. Caliban has thought about his plan - he has been treated horribly - conditioned to see himself as a slave. Stephano is going to execute the plan. Performance of prospero as magician in masque, also his role of duke and father.
