... of art." (P5) In Orlando, she further gives her explanation of androgyny: "In each of us two powers preside, one male, one female; and in the man's brain, the man predominates over the woman, and in the woman's brain, the woman predominates over the man."(P115) In this novel, androgyny is taken as a union between male and female, a means of existence, a compromise and perfect combination of ... nature as herself: they both long for freedom and independence, they both want to control their owe fate. Having experienced the great pains, Orlando at last forgives her, understands her, and sa...

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... it wasn't privilege he sought, but company." From the outset, subjective camera techniques inscribe the viewer as complicitious company with a shared horizon of understanding so that eventually the audience has become so complicitous that words are superfluous - Orlando's knowing gaze in the audience's direction suffices to punctuate key moments of the diegesis with shared irony. Thus Orlando's desire and future ... are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. At last, at last ....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate