Immaginative Journey In Where The Wild Things Are And Shakespeare's The
Texts may show us that the world of the imaginative journey involves unexpected destinations
To what extent do the texts you have studied support this idea?
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Shakespeare's The Tempest both focus on the aspect of Imaginative journey. Both of these text types focus on the idea that the world of imaginative journey involves unexpected destinations. Contradiction and journey of speculation, symbolism of power and manipulation and changing perceptions of characters allow the audience to see a deeper meaning behind the events of the texts. In Sendak's where the wild things are, it focuses on the parallels between the real world and the imaginary world created in Max's mind. This allows the audience …show more content…
Sendak's Where the wild things are often describe the monsters in the picture book as "terrible" in many ways (e.g. their claws, teeth and roars) while the visual represents an image of a creature who looks soft and cuddly with friendly facial expressions. This allows for different interpretations of the situation, in Max's imagination he sees the monsters as welcoming creatures but thinks of them as dangerous monsters. The characters in Shakespeare's Tempest also contradict themselves in many ways. In act 2, scene 2, Caliban is interacting with Stephano and Trinculo, Caliban desperately wants to be free of Prospero, his master ever since his father died. Caliban's attempts to become free of Prospero's rule are contradicted by Caliban offering to become a slave to Stephano and Trinculo. Caliban wants to be free, but to be free he puts himself in another situation where he is under command by another person. Contradictions help the story to progress and lead the audience into a different kind of journey, the journey of speculation. The audience begins to speculate on the relation of why the characters or visuals seem to contradict each other and why it is important to the progression of the
To what extent do the texts you have studied support this idea?
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Shakespeare's The Tempest both focus on the aspect of Imaginative journey. Both of these text types focus on the idea that the world of imaginative journey involves unexpected destinations. Contradiction and journey of speculation, symbolism of power and manipulation and changing perceptions of characters allow the audience to see a deeper meaning behind the events of the texts. In Sendak's where the wild things are, it focuses on the parallels between the real world and the imaginary world created in Max's mind. This allows the audience …show more content…
Sendak's Where the wild things are often describe the monsters in the picture book as "terrible" in many ways (e.g. their claws, teeth and roars) while the visual represents an image of a creature who looks soft and cuddly with friendly facial expressions. This allows for different interpretations of the situation, in Max's imagination he sees the monsters as welcoming creatures but thinks of them as dangerous monsters. The characters in Shakespeare's Tempest also contradict themselves in many ways. In act 2, scene 2, Caliban is interacting with Stephano and Trinculo, Caliban desperately wants to be free of Prospero, his master ever since his father died. Caliban's attempts to become free of Prospero's rule are contradicted by Caliban offering to become a slave to Stephano and Trinculo. Caliban wants to be free, but to be free he puts himself in another situation where he is under command by another person. Contradictions help the story to progress and lead the audience into a different kind of journey, the journey of speculation. The audience begins to speculate on the relation of why the characters or visuals seem to contradict each other and why it is important to the progression of the