The Females and the Non-Humans in Julie Taymor’s The Tempest
In Julie Taymor’s film version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (2010), Prospero is changed into a female, Prospera. As almost all the original lines and plots are retained, the film would appear to be a ‘straight’ film version of Shakespeare. However, changing the sex of the main character sheds a new...
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2015-12-01
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Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2015.14.issue-1/genst-2016-0001/genst-2016-0001.xml?format=INT |