Today we finished up Aladdin and then discussed it with the various theories. I'll attach my notes on it to help you out. We also had some time to review sentence types again.
Upcoming: Awakening workshop on Monday
Gender
Al assumes Jasmine is helpless (jumping over roofs)
Jasmine uses sexuality to distract Jafar
Jasmine needs a husband to take care of her
Frees the doves from the cage
Historical
Prostitutes
Laws—cut off hand for stealing
American accents
Jafar—British accent
Psychoanalytic
Al feels inadequate
Jasmine is “trapped”
Marxist
Jasmine doesn’t even know what money is
Jasmine must marry a prince
Sultan is an idiot
Aladdin’s personality changes when he becomes a prince
Narratology
Al the hero—orphan, something special “diamond in the rough”
Colors—good light/bad dark
Trickster—Abu
Mentor—Geni
Villain—Jafar
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