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Chapter 15: Flights of fancy

Chapter 15: Flights of fancy. Presented by: Kayla Viaene. Main Concept(s). If it flies…it’s not human Birds, bats, insects, squirrels, fish (sail briefly) Airplanes, helicopters, blimps, autogiros Earthbound FLIGHT IS FREEDOM. What Does Flight Mean?.

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Chapter 15: Flights of fancy

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  1. Chapter 15: Flights of fancy Presented by: Kayla Viaene

  2. Main Concept(s) • If it flies…it’s not human • Birds, bats, insects, squirrels, fish (sail briefly) • Airplanes, helicopters, blimps, autogiros • Earthbound • FLIGHT IS FREEDOM

  3. What Does Flight Mean? • Humans oppose laws that are unfair and/or inhibiting • Gravity = limitations • Helps to broaden the imagination: possibilities

  4. Who is Given Flight? • Angels • Superheroes • Worshipped figures • Witches • Mythical creatures • Etc. (Figures that tend to be highly fantasized)

  5. What Does Flight Show? • Highly symbolic: • Freedom, love, spirituality, miracles… • “Taking wings” • “Burdens that tie us down” • Premature-ending flights = bad • Falling from significant heights and surviving

  6. Irony Trumps Everything • Flight can be a burden • Ex. Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus (1984) • Flying = imprisonment • Alienation from society • Other ironic examples: • Franz Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” (1922) • Gabriel Garcia Marque’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (1968) • Thrilled at flying, feared at falling

  7. Underlying Meanings • Literal • Imagery: • Birds • Feathers • Metaphorical • Intangible items & emotions/mentalities

  8. Examples • Hamlet • Claudius, “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.” • Horatio, “Good night, sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” • Daedalus & Icarus – Greek Mythology

  9. Reference • Foster, Thomas. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2003. 125-134. Print. …Nope, different Foster!

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