Miranda unchained: the evolution of feminine freedom in screen representations of The Tempest.

Mora-Rioja, Arturo

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Miranda unchained: the evolution of feminine freedom in screen representations of The Tempest.

dc.contributor.author	Mora-Rioja, Arturo
dc.contributor.department	Sin departamento asociado.	es
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-16T10:51:06Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-16T10:51:06Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the portrayal of female characters analogous to Miranda from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in four audiovisual adaptations: the short black-and-white film The Tempest (Stow, 1908), the film Forbidden Planet (Wilcox, 1956), the episode “Requiem for Methuselah” from the TV series Star Trek (Bixby & Golden, 1969), and the Ikea TV commercial “Beds” (Cabral, 2014). Using gender theory alongside a semi-neo-historicist approach, my analysis contrasts the representation of these characters with the status of women’s rights in the corresponding historical periods. This study evaluates whether these portrayals reflect or challenge contemporaneous gender norms and societal roles and traces the broader evolution of gender equality and feminine freedom in the Western world from the 20th century to today. The findings suggest a generally positive trajectory, although often more progressive than that of the four productions’ historical realities.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Mora-Rioja, A. (2025). Miranda Unchained: the evolution of feminine freedom in screen representations of The Tempest . International Journal of English Studies, 25(1), 117–133. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.618321
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.618321
dc.identifier.issn	1578-7044
dc.identifier.issn	1989-6131 (Internet)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/157424
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones.	es
dc.relation	This publication is part of the emergent research group “CIRCE: Early Modern Theatre on Screen” (Universitat de València, reference CIGE/2021/086), with Víctor Huertas-Martín as principal investigator, financed by Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital de la Generalitat Valenciana.	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Feminism;Adaptation	en
dc.subject	Intermediality	en
dc.subject	New Historicism	en
dc.subject	Gender theory	en
dc.subject	William Shakespeare	en
dc.subject	Forbidden Planet	en
dc.subject	Star Trek	en
dc.subject	Ikea	es
dc.subject	Advertising	en
dc.subject.other	CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura	es
dc.title	Miranda unchained: the evolution of feminine freedom in screen representations of The Tempest.	en
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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