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| Theme | Giovanni’s Prisons | Clarke’s House | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Claustrophobia, terror, madness. | Peace, wonder, solitude. | | Architecture | Impossible stairs, oppressive machinery. | Vast, empty, echoing halls (The Great Hall, Hall of the Statues). | | The Hero | The omnipotent creator (Piranesi the artist). | The humble cataloguer (Piranesi the protagonist). | | The Threat | The infinite is a trap. | The infinite is a home. |

The protagonist is the Italian artist. He is a young man (or perhaps a middle-aged man; time is fluid) trapped in a place he calls the House . Piranesi