E 315P Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Blank Verse
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Ariel magic - being invisible to stephano and trinculo, putting gonzalo and alonso to sleep, harpy scene, chasing stephano and trinculo. Prospero magic - goddess dance, putting miranda to sleep, the storm, the clothes that stephano and trinculo want to wear. Prospero the magician, the father and the duke - his 3 roles. Gives up magic and daughter to get dukedom. Marriage is seen as royal - family, true love. Prospero feeling old - giving things he likes away, preparing for final confrontation. Gives up magic because it"ll distract from his dukedom. Hints to kind of leader he needs to be. Proper nature of authority - leader through authority by actions and word, not magic. Ariel - says alonso and his company are very distraught and have suffered - ariel is sympathetic to their situation, since they suffered. Theme of controlling passion to be good leader and authoritative - prospero"s philosophy. Prospero changes clothes - magician to duke.
