More Notes on the Conquest of Granada
Reason has several antitheses in Granada: love, fortune, ambition.
Abdallah is the character who talks about reason the most.
Zulyma’s speech Act II, Scene I 207 – he argues against virtue. He presents the arguments for both libertinism and Machiavellianism. Zulyma says both the pursuit of love and power are relentless.
Zulyma and Almanzor are sort of mirror images of each other. Look at how they talk about youth and age.
the dialogue between Abdallah and Zulyma is pretty much the same as between the King and his son in “Absolom and Achitophel.”
Act III, Scene I, line 180: “poor women’s thoughts are all extempore.”
Lyndaraxa’s motivation: III.1.138. The only way to really be free is to possess complete power.
Fortune is often portrayed with a long forelock and bald in the back; you have you grab her when she is approaching because there’s nothing to grab onto once she’s passed.
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