Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 65

The
core
Nabokov cast of Hamilton doubles its
manipulates is the exact iden- roles for two reasons: to show
tity of the novel’s characters. how different people in the
With The Treachery of Images, protagonist’s life are similar
Magritte suggests that resem- (how both Peggy and Maria
blance to a thing does not Reynolds “loved” Alexander),
necessarily mean something and for juxtaposition that em-
is that thing. In theatre, the phasizes the differences be-
same actor can play different tween two characters (how
roles thematic Lafayette physically “fought”
connections. For example, the alongside Alexander, whereas
to
subject
suggest
The cast of Hamilton
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