Intro Flashcards
Imprisonment…
Imprisonment is a multifaceted notion; not merely the punitive (physical), but also enslavement. Not merely literal imprisonment, but also figurative.
Theatre…
Theatre operates in a variety of ways: functioning both to illustrate guilt for the vengeful and as rehabilitation for the imprisoned.
Analysing…
Analysing the conversation between texts allows readers to see issues such as these from a variety of perspectives, prompted by shifting values and attitudes of contemporary society.
William…
William Shakespeare’s tragicomedic play The Tempest deconstructs the ramifications of imprisonment in order to shed light upon his late English Renaissance concerns, as well as truths regarding the relationship between the colonists and the colonised during Shakespeare’s context.
Margaret…
Margaret Atwood’s fictionalised novel Hag-Seed appropriates Shakespeare’s concerns through a postmodern lens, rejecting Lyotardian metanarratives concerning imprisonment to alter contemporary social attitudes towards incarceration.
As Shakespeare and Atwood…
As Shakespeare and Atwood explore notions of entrapment and heighten the value of theatre, their conversation reveals new perspectives upon notions of imprisonment as physical and figurative forms, the rehabilitating nature of theatre and the implications of self-redemption and external validation on the outcomes for individuals, which ultimately encapsulates the extensive resonances and dissonances between enduring values and changing world views within the inextricable textual conversation.
