Pathway: The female and the other by Easmanie Michel

The female consciousness throughout the film. Orlando supports the poet because of his otherness

medium shot of Orlando and attendant standing outside Great House, in front of fire, reading Nick Greene's poem.

The poet is represented as the "other." Orlando sympathizes with him and is willing to continue to pay the pension because of this insight.

Orlando walking screen left reading a book of poetry

Orlando's interest in poetry is made clear from the genesis of the film. This dream is accomplish only in the present and Potter seems to conclude that the reconciliation of the male/female Orlando, the present androgynous Orlando allows for the fruition of this ambition.

A4 pages, Paper, Typed notes on Virginia Woolf's ideas about the future for women

It is poignant her that Potter reflects on the difficulties that both gender face in life. This feeds into Orlando's "otherness" and his inability to fit in despite his royalty. This avoids a positioning of gender as Manichaean.

A4 pages, Paper, Typed notes on Virginia Woolf's ideas about the future for women

This shows Potter pondering being the "outsider" or "otherness." The fluidity in which Orlando moves from male to female in the film results from the fact he/she is an anomaly.

Video file, Digital, Selected Scene Commentary by Sally Potter

Page 5 of general notes on Orlando, black printed text on A4 paper

The female consciousness is used throughout the film and this seems to point to femininity and not gender as a source of the continuous power struggles.