“WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE”“WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE” HISTORY KLEEPOWERPRECEDENT KING JAMES I NEWLYWED JAMESPANDORA PANDORA 1 = CHAOS/STRIFESHIPWRECKSALVATION Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)^ PASTORAL | POLITICS v ^ ROMANCE | REALITY vTHE 5th ELEMENT 1: MINDPROSPERO’S ISLE 1: FORCE OPPRESSION, DOMINATION, BETRAYALCONVENTIONS 1: PLAYWRITING & PERFORMANCE BLANK VERSE unrhymed iambic pentameter- NATURAL- ACTIVE- PRACTICAL - PERFORMATIVECONVENTIONS 1: PLAYWRITING & PERFORMANCE SOLILOQUY“to speak alone”“WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE” HOPEALL TORMENT, TROUBLE,WONDER & AMAZEMENT INHABITS HERE!” Ariel Miranda Caliban | Antonio - PROSPERO – Alonzo |Gonzalo SebastianStephano Trinculo Ferdinand ALLEGORY Political ReligiousHumanist AUTOBIOGRAPHY Farewell to the Theatre CONVENTIONS 2:PLAYWRITING & PERFORMANCE METATHEATRE & MASQUEIRIS JUNO CERES“AT THIS HOUR LIE AT MYMERCY ALL MINEENEMIES”“THE RARER ACTION IS INVIRTUE THAN INVENGEANCE” “THIS THING OF DARKNESSI ACKNOWLEDGE MINE”THE 5th ELEMENT 2:HEARTIMBALANCE to BALANCEReason + Passion MEDIEVAL to RENAISSANCE MANMarlowe’s DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1592) FORCE to FORGIVENESSHISTORY to HOPEPandora 2: Blessing/BountyBRAVE NEW
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