The TempestT.C. and E.C. Jack, 1920 - 175 Seiten Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story concerns the Magician Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, who have been stranded on an island by Prospero's jealous brother Antonio. The plot of "The Tempest" itself is however of less importance than in Shakespeare's other works. Supernatural elements are introduced with great freedom, and the dramatist's interest was clearly not in the reproduction of lifelike events. The presentation of character and the attractive picturing of the beauty of magnanimity and forgiveness are the things which, along with its delightful poetry, make the charm of this play. It is not to be wondered at that readers have frequently been led to find in the figure of the great magician, laying aside his robes and wonder-working rod in a spirit of love and peace toward all men, a symbol of the dramatist himself at the close of his great career; and it is surely legitimate to play with this idea without assuming that Shakespeare consciously embodied it. One can hardly conceive a more fitting epilogue to the volume which is the crown of the world's dramatic literature than the romance of "The Tempest". This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, includes a preface and annotations by Henry N. Hudson, and an introduction by Charles H. Herford. |
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... light on you ! ' 4 Urchins were fairies of a particular class . Hedgehogs were also called urchins ; and it is probable that the sprites were so named , because they were of a mischievous kind , the urchin being anciently deemed a very ...
... 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 ' the island . PROS . Thou most lying slave , 340 Whom stripes may ...
... light winning Make the prize light . - One word more ; I charge thee That thou attend me : Thou dost here usurp The name thou owest not ; and hast put thyself Upon this island as a spy , to win it From me , the lord on ' t . FERD . No ...