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14 Cards in this Set
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Feminist criticism of Miranda |
ANN THOMSON: Miranda has internalised the patriachal assumption that a woman's main fuction is to provide a legitimate succession |
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Giving away of ownership of Miranda |
DAVID SUNDELSON: Prospero surrenders to Ferdinand the pleasure of possesing Miranda |
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Prospero's power and tricks with time |
KEITH BRANDSON: Prospero is the master mind and man of the future, as shown by his control over nature |
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False sense of Freedom. Prospero's power |
DAVID LINLEY: The play has often been regarded as a play about power. Perhaps it should be seen as a play about the illusion of freedom |
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Famous proverb that can refer to corrupting influence of power on Prospero |
LORD ACTON: All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely |
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Prospero's progression as a character |
Barbara Mowat: "The story of man's personal growth from vengeance to mercy, from rough magic to deep spirituality" |
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Positive view of Prospero's magic |
Greenblatt: At once the bestower of life and the master of deception |
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Prospero's own morality |
John Norton: Prospero is "blind to the state of his own soul" |
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Corrupting influence of Prospero's magic |
John Norton: "In Milan...he is corrupted by a lust for...powers and supernatural authority" |
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Paradoxical nature of her role |
Valdivieso: Miranda is a subordinate figure and yet her role is crucial for the development of the events in the play |
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Dependent yet key to power |
VALDIVIESO: She is a dependent female who is, however, a key element in the dynamics of power |
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Ariel's dainty musical nature |
HENRY HUDSON: An arrant little epicure of perfume and sweet sounds |
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Ariel's musical nature |
HENRY HUDSON: Ariel's very being is spun of melody |
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Ariel's sympathy |
HENRY HUDSON: his sympathy with right and good |
