1. Monday Feb 11
    1. Business
      1. Movie
      2. Papers back
      3. Creative project
    2. Act 2.1 [9:35]
      1. Alonso’s depression--133
      2. Gonzalo’s optimism
        1. p. 128—theme of Deliverance—miracle
        2. Garments fresh--131
        3. Utopia—135; innocence; Golden Age—see http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/Publications/YouthAge/index.html
        4. Talk nothing—136
      3. Sebastian and Antonio
        1. cynical commentary 135
          1. their golden age: "My strong imagination sees a crown/Dropping upon thy head"-- political but no moral imagination 138
        2. no better than the earth he lies upon—no conscience—142
      4. Prospero always testing and teaching
    3. Act 2.2—the clowns [9:45]
      1. Review of last time?—what went on ?—relation to 2.1
    4. Act 3.1—Ferdinand and Miranda [9:50]
      1. Similarities and differences to the others—rebellion and obedience; service and freedom –I am this patient log man; I’ll be your servant 155
    5. Act 3.2—clowns
      1. Conspiracy proceeds—usurpers in each others hair—relation to lords
    6. Act 3.3--Lords
      1. The banquet; the sermon by the angel
        1. Pronounce by me lingering perdition; nothing but heart’s sorrow/and a clear life ensuing 168
      2. Prospero’s victory—mine enemies now are in my power
      3. Alonso’s admitted guilt and repentance
    7. Act 4.1—Ferdinand and Miranda [10:00]
      1. They have succeeded in pleasing the father—trials of love
      2. Importance of virginity 173—resisting temptation; self-control
        1. Purging Venus: 176
      3. The masque—wedding celebration
        1. Iris and Ceres—nature and spectacle 174
        2. The blessing=Prosperity 177; spring in harvest
        3. Ferdinand’s reaction 178
      4. Prospero as creator of Wedding Masque; The Tempest as Wedding Masque; King James as Prospero and as God
        1. Banqueting house
          1. http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/Journeys/England00/London1/pages/P7280027.htm
        2. Wedding of Daughter Elisabeth
          1. http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/courses/204/Dou.html
        3. Masque of Revelation
          1. http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/courses/331/DurerApoc/shehane-revelation.htm
            1. god and the elders—pl.4
            2. opening of seal—pl.6
          2. City of New Jerusalem—New world comes down out of heaven—wedding of the bride and groom—church and the Son
      5. Prospero’s abstraction and anger—Our revels now are ended p. 180—cf. Ralegh: what is our life: a play of passion
    8. Act 5
      1. Forgiveness and renunciation of vengeance p.188-9
      2. Relinquishment of mission to next generation
      3. Political marriage
      4. Departure from Island; release of the natives
  2. Moving forward to Bacon [10:30]
    1. From metaphorical to scientific; from biblical to empirical; yet rhetoric is still central; Bacon’s rhetoric and his problem with rhetoric—like Shakespeare with Othello