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The Tempest (1979) Director: Derek Jarman. Notable Cast: Heathcote Williams, Toyah Wilcox, Jack Birkett. The queer, avant-garde filmmaker Derek Jarman made this adaptation on the heels of his cult classic, Jubilee (1977), which also featured the character Ariel and text from Shakespeare’s play.
When the First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays was published in 1623, The Tempest appeared under the genre category “comedy.”. Like all of Shakespeare’s other comedies, the play resolves happily, with the promise of a wedding between Miranda and Ferdinand. Also as in other comedies, the plot of The Tempest revolves around a series ...
- Isolation
- Identity
- Depression
- Marriage
For Edna Pontellier, the protagonist of The Awakening,independence and isolation are almost inseparable. The expectations of tradition coupled with the limitations of law gave women of the late 1800s very few opportunities for individual expression, not to mention independence. Expected to perform their domestic duties and care for the health and h...
Edna’s discovery of ways to express herself leads to the revelation of her long-repressed emotions. During her awakening, Edna learns at least three new “languages.” First, she learns the mode of expression of the Creole women on Grand Isle. Despite their chastity, these women speak freely and share their emotions openly. Their frankness initially ...
Throughout the novel, Edna experiences an unspecified sense of malaise and despondency whose source she is unable to pinpoint. It becomes apparent that she feels trapped, forced into the narrowly defined roles afforded to women; pursuing the self-fulfillment and self-realization she craves only leads to isolation, further exacerbating her depressio...
The Awakeningportrays marriage as a trap and a false promise of happiness for unwitting women. In Chapter 7, the narrator describes Edna’s marriage to Léonce as “purely an accident,” indicating that she was thrown toward Léonce by circumstance. In the narrator’s description of Edna and Léonce’s courtship, the narrator mentions Edna falling for vari...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, published in 1843, is a timeless novella that has become a classic of the Christmas season. While it reflects how many people think about Christmas, it is also a key source for popular Christmas traditions.
Shakespeare weaves the theme of treason throughout The Tempest. The first instance of treason occurred in the play’s prehistory, when Antonio conspired with King Alonso to assassinate Prospero and succeed him as the new Duke of Milan. The attempt to kill Prospero was both political treason and brotherly betrayal.
The Symposium is a dialogue that was written by Plato around 370 BCE. In it, a man tells a story he heard from another man about a symposium (which translates to “drinks party”) at which Socrates, Aristophanes, and other eminent Athenians were invited to make speeches in praise of the god of Love. Plato’s further retelling of this ...
Full Play Analysis. Julius Caesar tells the story of how the Roman Republic came to its end. The Republic was viewed as a high point in history, both by its participants and by those who came after, because its institutions divided power among a number of people (senators and tribunes) rather than concentrating it in one person.
