The TempestSimon and Schuster, 23.08.2011 - 272 Seiten Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon them through Ariel and other spirits. The characters exceed the roles of villains and heroes. Prospero seems heroic, yet he enslaves Caliban and has an appetite for revenge. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda, but appears heroic in resisting Prospero, evoking the period of colonialism during which the play was written. Miranda's engagement to Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples and a member of the shipwrecked party, helps resolve the drama. The authoritative edition of The Tempest from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include: · The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference · Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language · Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play |
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William Shakespeare Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. A catechism. Title page of Catechismvs paruus pueris primum Latine . . . (1573). The Globe Theater. From Claes Jansz Visscher, Londinum Florentissima Britanniae.
William Shakespeare Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. A catechism. Title page of Catechismvs paruus pueris primum Latine . . . (1573). The Globe Theater. From Claes Jansz Visscher, Londinum Florentissima Britanniae.
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William Shakespeare Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. The Globe Theater. From Claes Jansz Visscher, Londinum Florentissima Britanniae Urbs . . . (1625).
William Shakespeare Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. The Globe Theater. From Claes Jansz Visscher, Londinum Florentissima Britanniae Urbs . . . (1625).
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... Globe. The plays that are considered by many to be Shakespeare's major tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and ... Globe. Between 1608 and 1612, Shakespeare wrote several plays—among them The Winter's Tale and The Tempest —presumably ...
... Globe. The plays that are considered by many to be Shakespeare's major tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and ... Globe. Between 1608 and 1612, Shakespeare wrote several plays—among them The Winter's Tale and The Tempest —presumably ...
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... Globe, for example, and performances of The Tempest in 1611 and 1613 at the royal palace of Whitehall. Shakespeare wrote very little after 1612, the year in which he probably wrote King Henry VIII. (It was at a performance of Henry VIII ...
... Globe, for example, and performances of The Tempest in 1611 and 1613 at the royal palace of Whitehall. Shakespeare wrote very little after 1612, the year in which he probably wrote King Henry VIII. (It was at a performance of Henry VIII ...
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... Globe, and the Hope (all located on the Bankside, a region just across the Thames south of the city of London). All these playhouses had to be built outside the jurisdiction of the city of London because many civic officials were ...
... Globe, and the Hope (all located on the Bankside, a region just across the Thames south of the city of London). All these playhouses had to be built outside the jurisdiction of the city of London because many civic officials were ...
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