Mod A Notes

Question 1

generic syllabus thesis statement example

Answer 1

Question 2

quote, who said it? analysis?

“A devil, a born devil, on whose nature/Nurture can never stick… So his mind cankers, I will plague them all”
(IV, i)

Answer 2

prospero to cal

repetition and metaphor enhances dramatic irony of Caliban’s exposure to vengeance and furiosity through Prospero

Question 3

quote, who said it? analysis?

“Be not afeared: the isle is full of nosies / Sounds, and sweet aris, that give delight and hurt not” Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments / Will hum about mine ears”
(III, ii)

Answer 3

Cal to ST

⇒ pleasant aural imagery contrasts with monstrous characterisation of Caliban
⇒ Cal’s prosodic speech, while inconsistent and switches between Alexandrine and blank verse, (indicative of his only newly acquired communicative skills) showcases how education/knowledge is a vehicle for empowerment, granting him the ability to express himself
⇒ contrasts Stefano and Trinculo’s prose, lower class and lack of intelligence

Question 4

quote, who said it? analysis?

A very shallow monster! A very weak monster! A most poor credulous monster!” (II, ii)

Answer 4

⇒ Stefano says after Caliban’s alcohol induced worship of Stefano
⇒ repetition of monster, modification of the ephithet displays sheer distaste, and reveals Caliban’s vulnerability to alcohol (and potentially European diseases), emphasisng the subjugation of FNP through colonialist vices

Question 5

quote, who said it? analysis?

“Why’s he have to suffer so much? It’s like he’s, you know, black or Native or something”
Ch45

Answer 5

⇒ directly alludes to colonialist viewpoint, this rhetoric, in reference to Caliban, provokes readers to consider how the marginalisation of FNP, and more broadly those marked as “other” “sub-human” “innately evil”

Question 6

quote, who said it? analysis?

“He refused to call them inmates, he refused to called them prisoners” ch10

Answer 6

⇒ Anaphora, Atwood shines an empathetic light on the collective Caliban

Question 7

quote, who said it? analysis?

“Prisons are for incarceration, not for attempts to educate those who cannot, by their very natures, be educated”
ch33

Answer 7

⇒ optional intertextual reference, alluding to Tempest

Sal

Question 8

quote, who said it? analysis?

“What’s the quote? Nature versus nurture, something like that”
ch33

Answer 8

⇒ optional intertextual reference, alluding to Tempest

Sal

Question 9

quote, who said it? analysis?

“Plus he’s a land stealer, sucking old white guy. He should be called Prospero Corp. Next thing he’ll machine-gun everyone to keep off it”discover oil on it, develop it” ch21

Answer 9

Red Coyote to inmates during cast list

⇒ historical allusion, Red Coyote is FNP, his distaste for colonisers is displayed through a tricolon, echoing effects of colonisation

Question 10

quote, who said it? analysis?

“You called me dirty, so who’s more monstrous than you”
ch38

Answer 10

⇒ Atwood recontextualises Caliban’s “Isle Is Full Of Noises” speech through modern day rap

⇒ affiliation with historically marginalised voices, coupled with second-person remarks, and anaphora, unveils how Atwood’s context mistreatment of “others”
⇒ privileges their voices against prejudice they’ve faced, providing contemporary interpretation of Caliban’s thoughts too

Question 11

quote, who said it analysis?

“Let your indulgence set me free”
(V, ii)

Answer 11

Diction of “Let your indulgence set me free” emphasises Prospero’s remorse and hints at his self-imprisonment, through the fervent pursuit of vengeance but also through his need for applause (indulgence), revealing a performative element to his actions.

Question 12

5 buzz words for text type/form/genre

Answer 12

hypotext/seminal (og)
hypertext
hybridised
metafictional
mise en abyme

Question 13

7 buzz words for NEW

Answer 13

modernise
Reimagines
Extension of
Recontextualises
contemporary
Reconstruct
appropriates

Question 14

6 buzz words (phrase) for VALUES/CONTEXT

Answer 14

Paradigms
Ideologies
Attitudes
Ideals
Aligns with clear contextual distinction between the composers

Question 15

Tempest 1 Context

Answer 15

• jacobean era, time of social change, age of discovery, pre-colonialism

europeans viewed FNP as savage, subhuman

this opened a debate between nature and nurture

usurping their land as a means of saving them was their justification

Question 16

Tempest 1 ideas

Answer 16

Microcosmic island echoes grander macrocosmic racial prejudice

Shakespeare challenges his contextual racism by giving beautiful examples of language to Caliban, empowering him with knowledge, subverting colonist expectations, revealing his multifaceted nature

Play is mostly in blank verse, iambic pentameter

Question 17

Hagseed 1 context

Answer 17

Modern world views hardened criminals as savages, mirrors Tempest’s racial prejudice , echoing ramifications of colonisation

Disproportionate incarceration rate of FNP, Canada has a history of abusing their FNP

Question 18

Hagseed 1 ideas

Answer 18

Prisoners are de-identified with confusing names, viewed as a collective, lack of individuality whereas audience feels more connected to Caliban → reveals immutable biases towards FNP,

Recasts the misunderstood and shunned Caliban as a collective in an empathetic light; the nobility of the oppressed

Atwood refuses to dehumanise them through her progressive postcolonial lens, providing them a chance to transcend social status

Using free indirect discourse, Atwood is able to explore Felix’s perspective while connecting the audience with Felix’s intimate thoughts without centralising him, allowing her to shift narrative focus to other characters

Is able to employ different genres like rap through her free indirect discourse to mimic Caliban’s switch between prose and verse, by capturing the Jacobean audiences’ reaction to his speech and recontextualising to fit her modern context, where rap in the middle of a novel subverts expectations, seems misplaced

Question 19

tempest and hagseed 2 idea 1

Answer 19

tempest aristotle unity of place and time
The island setting is set in a liminal space, between reality and magic; creates an environment in which social order and morality is challenged, won’t face societal/legal consequences

hagseed is across 3 months
prologue - in medias res: establishing non-linearity of text, showcasing, temporal shift, disorient reader
prologue - faux script
hybridisation of styles, explicit intertextual reference to seminal text, introduces mise en abyme, metafictional style of hagseed

Question 20

tempest and hagseed 2 idea 2

Answer 20

Hagseed & Tempest are both metaleptic in their epilogue, both composers foreground what they deem more important to their text

Prospero implores audience to free him
Diction of “Let your indulgence set me free” emphasises Prospero’s remorse and hints at his self-imprisonment, through the fervent pursuit of vengeance but also through his need for applause (indulgence), revealing a performative element to his actions.

Hagseed: realising he needs to let go of his figment of Miranda to be released from his self-imprisonment, elevating Felix’s relationship with grief [INSERT QUOTE]