Prospero as ancestor of the mad scientist.
I can not believe I didn’t catch this. Peter Goodrich, summarizing Robert Plank’s The Emotional Significance of Imaginary Beings:
His analysis also stresses that The Tempest contains a romance motif frequently associated with the mad scientist of contemporary popular culture: namely, his daughter’s marriage to a young man who represents the scientist’s enemies and is destined to save everything.
Every time the hero falls in love with the mad scientist’s daughter, it’s a re-enactment of The Tempest! Why didn’t I see that before?
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Intriguing.
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emilytheslayer said:
When Stefan finally made me watch Forbidden Planet, that was exactly what I said. “So this is The Tempest?” “yeah, kinda!”
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