1. “Man is Born to Seek Power, yet His Actual Condition makes Him a Slave to Others”
- Hans J Morgenthau

2. The Tempest: Gonzalo Alonso Ferdinand Sebastian Prospero Miranda
Antonio
Caliban b
Trinculo & Stephano
Ariel

3. Doctor Faustus: The Audience The Scholars Valdes & Cornelius
Mephistopheles
Valdes & Cornelius
Wagner
Doctor Faustus:
Faustus
Lucifer & Beelzebub
Robin & Rafe
Old Man
Good Angel & Bad Angel
The Seven Deadly Sins
Helen
“Had I as many souls as there be stars, I’d give them all for Mephistopheles
The Audience

4. A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley
Pablo
A Streetcar Named Desire
Mitch
Steve
Mexican Woman
Eunice
Stella
Blanche
Negro Woman
Doctor & Matron
Boy

5. Power of
Perception
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
“What is behind your eyes holds more power than what is in front of them” –Gary Zukav
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew

6. “It wouldn’t be make believe if you believed me”
Perception of Reality
“It wouldn’t be make believe if you believed me”
-A Streetcar Named Desire, “Paper Moon” sung by Blanche
(Scene 7)
Sam
- Remember to speak of themes of Light

7. “A Sound Magician is a mighty god”
-Doctor Faustus, Faustus to himself
(Act 1, Scene 1)
“Hell is empty and all the Devils are here”
--The Tempest, Ariel on quoting Ferdinand
(Act 1, Scene 1)

8. Perception of Death
“Take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off- at Elysian Fields.”
-A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche to Eunice
(Scene 1)
Hanna

9. “And my ending is despair, Unless I be relieved in prayer”
“This word ‘damnation’
terrifies not him,
For he confounds hell in Elysium”
-Doctor Faustus, Faustus to himself
(Act 1, Scene 3)
“And my ending is despair,
Unless I be relieved in prayer”
--The Tempest, Prospero to audience
(Epilogue)

10. Knowledge is
Power

11. Knowledge versus Wisdom
“….. The Napoleonic code according to which what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Stanley to Blanche
(Scene 2) h
“God forbade it; but Faustus hath done it”
-Dr Faustus; Faustus to Scholars
(Act 5, Scene 2)

12. Knowledge versus Wisdom
“….. I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I to take this drunkard for a god.”
-The Tempest; Caliban
(Act 5, Scene 1)

13. Power of Audience
“The power of the play lies with the gradual disintegration of Blanche’s outer defences,”
-The Times (Review of A streetcar named Desire)

14. Power of Audience “Let your indulgence set me free.”
-The Tempest; Prospero to audience
(Act 5, Epilogue)
“Then doubt not, Faustus, but to be renowned”
-Dr Faustus, Cornelius to Faustus
(Act 1, Scene 1)

15. Power of Free Will “I am resolved: Faustus shall never repent”
Doctor Faustus; Faustus to Mephistopheles
(Act 2, Scene 3)
“Kiefaber, Stanley and Shaw have tied an old tin can to the tail of a kite.”
A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche to Mitch
(Scene 9) h

16. Power of Free Will “.....And for the liberal arts
Without a parallel; those being all my study,
The government I cast upon my brother”
The Tempest; Prospero to Miranda
(Act 1, Scene 2)

17. Dominance

18. Ideals of Supremacy
“Yes, Mother. But couldn’t we get a coloured girl to do it?”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche to herself
(Scene 9)
“I am content to do whatsoever your Majesty shall command me.”
-Doctor Faustus; Faustus to Emperor
(Act 4, Scene 1)

19. Ideals of Supremacy “……And then I lov’d thee,
And show’d thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle……
Curs’d be that I did so!”
-The Tempest; Caliban to Prospero
(Act 1, Scene 2)

20. Power over the Elements
“Be thou on earth as Jove is in the sky,
Lord and commander of these elements.”
-Doctor Faustus; Evil Angel to Faustus
(Act 1, Scene 1)
“…….Then to the elements
Be free, and fare thou well.”
-The Tempest; Prospero to Ariel
(Act 5, Scene 1)

21. Inferiority of Women “Come, Helen, come”
-Doctor Faustus; Faustus to apparition of Helen of Troy
(Act 5, Scene 1)
“…..You must have had lots of banging around in the army, and now that you’re out, you make up for it by treating inanimate objects with such a fury!”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche to Stanley
(Scene 5) h

22. Lust for

23. Hunger For Power
“You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light-bulb with a paper lantern, and lo and behold the place has turned into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile!”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Stanley to Blanche
(Scene 10)

24. Hunger For Power “Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man.
Wouldst thou make men to live eternally
Or, being dead, raise them to life again”
-Doctor Faustus; Faustus to himself
(Act 1, Scene 1)
“That’s a brave god, and bears celestial liquor. I will kneel to him”
-The Tempest; Caliban to Stephano
(Act 2, Scene 2)

25. Desire For Recognition
“You haven’t said a word about my appearance,”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche to Stella
(Scene 1)
“…..Faustus; heap up gold,
And be eternized”
-Doctor Faustus; Faustus to himself
(Act 1, Scene 1) h
“…..I had peopled else
This isle with Calibans.”
-The Tempest; Caliban to Prospero
(Act 1, Scene 2)

26. Use of Harmony “As they smelled music: So I charm’d their ears”
-The Tempest; Ariel to Prospero
(Act 4, Scene 1)
“Have you ever had anything caught in your head? […] That goes relentlessly on and on in your head?”
-A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche to Mitch
(Scene 9) h

27. Conclusion . .
Presentation By: ‘
Samantha Owen
&
Hanna Sephton . .

28. -CREDITS- A special thanks to: Sam’s mom for making lunch. Producers
Samantha Owen
Hanna Sephton
Editor
Special Effects
Camera Man
Sam’s Thumb
Music
“Blanche’s Varsouviana”
From “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Illegally Obtained
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A special thanks to: Sam’s mom for making lunch.
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