Golden Spectacles
Prosthetics are used in order to increase mobility and function and in the Victorian period they were used to grant a sense of independence. The golden spectacles enhanced the prince's ability to see and understand the world. The same way that wheelchairs or prosthetic limbs can help with people's limitations, the spectacles compensate for the little prince's limitations and give him a different and effective way of navigating the world. The spectacles act as a tool which helps give the prince access to the world and the spectacles themselves serve as a representation of accessibility as they give the prince a solution to his partial blindness. The spectacles gave the king wisdom and insight on the real world and empowered him to overcome challenges. Although glasses and any sort of visual device would come with stigma, prince dolor used it to his advantage and this prosthetic can be seen as a crucial part of Prince Dolor's life, and we see that a prosthetic is not a bad thing, but an opportunity. It helped prince dolor learn, grow and develop his senses and became an important tool for disabled people’s experiences.
The prosthetic enhances ability, restores a sort of mobility and empowers the person, which is what we seen happen in the little lame prince with this specific prosthetic.