base essay

theatre/performance intro

Specifically, despite the four-century difference between the Jacobean prevalence of theatre and a post-Shakespeare 21^st Century, both Shakespeare and Atwood resonantly explore new ways of the universal idea of using the performativity of theatre to gain power over others.

imprisonment intro

However, while The Tempest presents imprisonment as a means of attaining power to control and punish, reflecting rigid Renaissance hierarchies, Hag-seed dissonantly QK imprisonment as a way of rehabilitation and education, aligning with 21st Century Canada’s focus on prison reforms.

betrayal intro

However, due to the four-century difference between Renaissance monarchical hierarchies and a work-centred 21st century, Shakespeare presents familial betrayal as affecting social structures more than interpersonal relationships, while Atwood dissonantly QK collegiate betrayal as personally affronting. 

theatre/performance Tempest thesis

In a time where theatre was a prevalent value during the Jacobean era, Shakespeare’s metatheatre presents Prospero’s use of performance to control and manipulate others like a director to reach his main goal of gaining power.

theatre/performance Hagseed thesis

Mirroring the use of theatre to control and manipulate in a post-Shakespeare world, Atwood makes the original text live through the hybrid-form narrative.

imprisonment Tempest thesis

Reflecting the colonial master-servant dynamics of rigid Jacobean hierarchies, Shakespeare’s classical unities structure highlights how imprisonment is used to control and punish

imprisonment Hagseed thesis

The reimagining of imprisonment used to value educate and rehabilitate in a 21^st century Canada focused of prison reforms allows for the original texts to live in new ways as reflected through the third person limited perspective of Felix, providing Felix’s egalitarian views