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The Castle of Otranto:Power via Religion, Domesticity, and the State

Sample Close Reading PresentationSlide2

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide3

Form: No Quotes, Meaning Drifts

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province.

My

Lord

,

said the holy man

,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide4

Diction: Language of Power

—

Father,

interrupted

Manfred,

I

pay due

reverence

to your

holy

profession

; but I am

sovereign

here, and will allow no

meddling

priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the

secret

affairs of my state; they are not within a

woman’s

province

.

My

Lord

,

said the

holy

man,

I

am no intruder into the

secrets

of families. 

My office

is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s

uncharitable apostrophe; I know my

duty

, and am the

minister of a mightier prince than Manfred

.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide5

Types of Power: 1) Church/Religion

—

Father

,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your

holy profession

; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no

meddling priest

to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said

the holy man

,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families. 

My office is

to

promote

peace, to

heal

divisions, to

preach

repentance, and

teach

mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s

uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the

minister of a mightier prince

than Manfred.  Hearken to

him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide6

Types of Power: 2) Feudal/State

—Father,

interrupted Manfred

,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but

I am sovereign here

, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say

attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with

the secret affairs of my state

; they are not within a woman’s

province.

My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the

minister of a mightier prince than Manfred

.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide7

Types of Power: 3) Family/Domestic

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but

I am sovereign here

, and

will allow no

meddling priest to interfere in

the affairs of my domestic

.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted

with the secret affairs of my state;

they are not within a woman’s

province

. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no

intruder into the secrets of families

.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide8

Manfred’s Speech: Division, Segregation

—Father,

interrupted

Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and

will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic

.  If you have aught to say

attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state

; they are not within a woman’s

province

. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide9

Jerome’s Speech: Unification, Healing

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families

.  My office is to promote peace, to

heal divisions

, to preach repentance, and

teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions

. 

I

forgive your Highness’s

uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred. 

Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide10

M’s Result: Consolidate Types of Power in Castle, Expand Personal Authority

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but

I am sovereign

here

, and

will allow no meddling priest

to interfere in the affairs of

my

domestic

.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife

be acquainted with the

secret affairs of

my state

; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the

secrets of families

.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)Slide11

J’s Result: Wound Manfred, Expand Personal Authority Through His Speech

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and

teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions

. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and

am the minister

of a mightier prince than Manfred

. 

Hearken to

him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame

. (48)Slide12

Takeaway:Manfred and Father Jerome use different vocabularies with similar aims: to consolidate for themselves as much power and as many types of power as possible:

Manfred by locating it in the castle as home and seat of state;

Jerome by dislocating his power from the limited physical church and relocating it in God speaking through his voice.

Thus, in order to understand shifts in power in this world, it is important to examine not only what a character says, but how/where/when he says it and what it accomplishes.Slide13

Discussion Question:Given that the main combatants for power (Manfred and Jerome) are both men, are women

(

Hippolita

, Isabella,

Miranda, Bianca) utterly powerless in this world? What is the “woman’s province” that Manfred refers to, and how might women use this “province” to undermine/overcome/build on the power strategies of Manfred and/or Jerome?Slide14

The End!

—Father,

interrupted Manfred,

I

pay due reverence to your holy profession; but I am sovereign here, and will allow no meddling priest to interfere in the affairs of my domestic.  If you have aught to say attend me to my

chamber

—

I

do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman’s

province. My

Lord

,

said the holy man,

I

am no intruder into the secrets of families.  My office is to promote peace, to heal divisions, to preach repentance, and teach mankind to curb their headstrong passions. 

I

forgive your Highness’s uncharitable apostrophe; I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred.  Hearken to him who speaks through my organs

.

Manfred trembled with rage and shame. (48)