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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... Miranda, now a beautiful princess, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban, whom Prospero has used his magic to enslave. Now, sailing by the island and caught in a terrible storm are Prospero's enemies (and one of his friends), who ...
... Miranda, now a beautiful princess, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban, whom Prospero has used his magic to enslave. Now, sailing by the island and caught in a terrible storm are Prospero's enemies (and one of his friends), who ...
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... Miranda, but he also seems heroic in his resistance to Prospero, who wrests the island from him and attempts to tyrannize over him. Thus The Tempest belongs not only to the world of romance, but also to the period of colonialism ...
... Miranda, but he also seems heroic in his resistance to Prospero, who wrests the island from him and attempts to tyrannize over him. Thus The Tempest belongs not only to the world of romance, but also to the period of colonialism ...
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... Miranda presently live, a world dominated by Prospero's “art” (i.e., his magic power), a world where Prospero is master of a “full poor cell,” where he “sties” Caliban in a “rock,” a world of “urchins” and “marmosets” and “pignuts ...
... Miranda presently live, a world dominated by Prospero's “art” (i.e., his magic power), a world where Prospero is master of a “full poor cell,” where he “sties” Caliban in a “rock,” a world of “urchins” and “marmosets” and “pignuts ...
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... Miranda's “More to know / Did never meddle with my thoughts” (1.2.25–26) is more complicated. Its “normal” order would be, approximately, “To know more never did meddle. . . .” Inversions are not the only unusual sentence structures ...
... Miranda's “More to know / Did never meddle with my thoughts” (1.2.25–26) is more complicated. Its “normal” order would be, approximately, “To know more never did meddle. . . .” Inversions are not the only unusual sentence structures ...
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... Miranda about his former seclusion and its effect on his brother (“I awaked an evil nature in my false brother”), he uses such an interrupted construction: I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of ...
... Miranda about his former seclusion and its effect on his brother (“I awaked an evil nature in my false brother”), he uses such an interrupted construction: I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of ...
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