The TempestD.C. Heath & Company, 1910 - 127 Seiten The Tempest is the fourth, final, and the finest of Shakespeare's great late romances. It is classified as a romantic comedy with a mild element of tragedy in its main plot. The play is set on a remote island, now inhabited by Prospero and his daughter Miranda. He is the rightful Duke of Milan, his throne being usurped by his villainous brother Antonio. When Antonio and his friend King Alonso of Naples, Alonso's son Ferdinand, and others are travelling by a ship, their ship gets wrecked by the storm conjured by Prospero, who has magical powers. With the help of his devoted attendant Ariel, Prospero accomplishes his task to restore Miranda her rightful place. Antonio, his accomplice King Alonso of Naples and his son Ferdinand reach the island after the shipwreck. Love blooms between Miranda and Ferdinand, and Prospero consents to their marriage. Finally, the truth about Antonio is revealed, and Prospero is restored his dukedom .He forgives his brother, and returns to Milan. |
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... Pros- pero's command , but he is a spirit , not to be permanently bound by human ties , and finding full liberty only in his own home of the elements . Implicit rather than directly emphasized , this idea of the paradoxical nature of ...
... Pros- pero's command , but he is a spirit , not to be permanently bound by human ties , and finding full liberty only in his own home of the elements . Implicit rather than directly emphasized , this idea of the paradoxical nature of ...
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... Pros . Be collected : No more amazement : tell your piteous heart There's no harm done . Mir . Pros . O , woe the day ! No harm . I have done nothing but in care of thee , Of thee , my dear one , thee , my daughter , who Art ignorant of ...
... Pros . Be collected : No more amazement : tell your piteous heart There's no harm done . Mir . Pros . O , woe the day ! No harm . I have done nothing but in care of thee , Of thee , my dear one , thee , my daughter , who Art ignorant of ...
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... Pros . The hour's now come ; The very minute bids thee ope thine ear ; Obey and be attentive . Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell ? I do not think thou canst , for then thou wast not Out three years old . Mir ...
... Pros . The hour's now come ; The very minute bids thee ope thine ear ; Obey and be attentive . Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell ? I do not think thou canst , for then thou wast not Out three years old . Mir ...
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... Pros . Being once perfected how to grant suits , How to deny them , who to advance and who To trash for over - topping , new created The creatures that were mine , I say , or changed ' em , Or else new form'd ' em ; having both the key ...
... Pros . Being once perfected how to grant suits , How to deny them , who to advance and who To trash for over - topping , new created The creatures that were mine , I say , or changed ' em , Or else new form'd ' em ; having both the key ...
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... Pros . Hear a little further And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon's ; without the which this story Were most impertinent . Mir . That hour destroy us ? Pros . Wherefore did they not Well demanded , wench ...
... Pros . Hear a little further And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon's ; without the which this story Were most impertinent . Mir . That hour destroy us ? Pros . Wherefore did they not Well demanded , wench ...
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Abbott Alon Alonso Antonio Ariel beat Boatswain brave brother Cæsar Caliban camest Ceres charm daughter devil doth Dowden drowned Duke of Milan dukedom Edited Elizabethan enchanted Enter ARIEL Exeunt eyes Faerie Queene father Ferdinand fish foot foul fresh give Gonzalo Hark hath hear honour interpretation island isle Julius Cæsar Juno King of Naples lord masque master meaning Miranda monster nature never nymphs passage phrase play plot plural pray prince princess Prithee probably Pros Prospero PROSPERO'S cell queen quotes rack Re-enter ARIEL reading reference roar scene Sebastian sense Setebos Shakespeare ship shore sing sleep speak spirit Stephano storm strange stress suggested sweet Sycorax syllable tell Tempest thee thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thyself Trin Trinculo verb vowel vowel-like William Davenant wind Winter's Tale word Wright
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Seite xxiii - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves ; And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms...
Seite 12 - And show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile, Curs'd be I that did so ! All the charms Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! For I am all the subjects that you have, Which first was mine own king ; and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o
Seite 20 - V the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate: Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none: contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation: all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty;— Seb.
Seite 3 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing: The wills above be done! but I •would fain die a dry death.
Seite 49 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Seite 35 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
Seite 20 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Seite 8 - I'd divide And burn in many places ; on the topmast, The yards, and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet and join. Jove's lightnings, the precursors O...
Seite 31 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Seite xxiv - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task Ariel and all his quality.