Suppression in Literature

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A comparative analysis of the importance suppression and the unspoken important in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and Brian Friel's "Translations".

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This paper examines how the types of suppression that dominate both "The Tempest" and "Translations" fall into three categories. It looks at how there is the political suppression exercised by authority figures, the personal or parental suppression of father figures and finally, the pedagogical suppression inflicted upon a range of students by teachers.

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"Pedagogical suppression is also evident in both of these texts. Throughout their time on the island, Prospero has acted as a teacher for both Miranda and Caliban and has been responsible for attempting to nurture aspects of their intellectual and moral development, to varying degrees of success. Caliban has been and continues to be a particularly recalcitrant student. He is resentful of the 'gift' of language that Prospero and Miranda have bestowed upon him, arguing that it is only useful because it enables him to 'curse' them both. Moreover, he has remained impervious to Prospero's attempts to instil a sense of decency into him and even attempted to rape Miranda. It is for this reason that Prospero continues to enslave the monster and to teach him a lesson in another sense by torturing him for his misdemeanours."

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Suppression in Literature (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Suppression-in-Literature/58027