1. "From One Era To The Next"
When Prospero recounts her story, we see that she is an independent woman who maintains her power even after having had sex. ... However, the modern audience might be more reluctant in believing him; for a man who has never met Sycorax, Prospero tells her story with a questionable amount of authority and conviction. ... Since active decision making seems to be the prerogative of the male sex, he resorts to "taking Hermia to the literal and symbolic seat of the highest authority of the land, [hoping] she will recognize and honor masculine authority and, by extension, will comply wit...