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Odd choice

The plays don't have much in common, so it's an odd choice for a comparison. The key, I suppose is the Duke and Prospero as puppet-masters. Both try to control things from behind the scenes. Are their methods similar? their motives? their success? Are they affected by the experience? Prospero eventually gives up his magic, and many see that as a rejection of the puppet-master superiority and recognition of the need to be a man among men. Does the Duke learn anything?

Posted by Hamlet on April 26, 1997 at 17:25:53
 In Reply to "perhaps I should rephrase myself..." posted by pudge wallace on April 25, 1997 at 13:21:59


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