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Texts may show us that the world of the imaginative journey involves unexpected destinations

To what extent do the texts you have studied support this idea?

Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Shakespeare's The Tempest both focus on the aspect of Imaginative journey. Both of these text types focus on the idea that the world of imaginative journey involves unexpected destinations. Contradiction and journey of speculation, symbolism of power and manipulation and changing perceptions of characters allow the audience to see a deeper meaning behind the events of the texts. In Sendak's where the wild things are, it focuses on the parallels between the real world and the imaginary world created in Max's mind. This allows the audience to compare and contrast between the two worlds and gain an idea of what children are thinking. In Shakespeare's the tempest, the audience is taken on a number of journeys ranging from suspense of what is about to happen to speculation,......

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