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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... else, something with which it shares common features. For instance, when Prospero asks Miranda “What seest thou else / In the dark backward and abysm of time?” (1.2.61–62) he The Tempest xxii is using metaphorical language to describe the.
... else, something with which it shares common features. For instance, when Prospero asks Miranda “What seest thou else / In the dark backward and abysm of time?” (1.2.61–62) he The Tempest xxii is using metaphorical language to describe the.
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... describe the past as if it were a dark abyss. When he describes his treacherous brother as “The ivy which had hid my princely trunk / And sucked my verdure out on 't” (1.2.105–6), he again uses a metaphor; here, Prospero is a tree and ...
... describe the past as if it were a dark abyss. When he describes his treacherous brother as “The ivy which had hid my princely trunk / And sucked my verdure out on 't” (1.2.105–6), he again uses a metaphor; here, Prospero is a tree and ...
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... Tempest —presumably for the company's new indoor Blackfriars theater, though the plays seem to have been performed also at the Globe and at court. Surviving The Tempest xxx documents describe a performance of The Winter's.
... Tempest —presumably for the company's new indoor Blackfriars theater, though the plays seem to have been performed also at the Globe and at court. Surviving The Tempest xxx documents describe a performance of The Winter's.
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... describe a performance of The Winter's Tale in 1611 at the 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 ...
... describe a performance of The Winter's Tale in 1611 at the 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 ...
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... describe an important piece of stage business: “Prospero draws a magic circle with his staff.” Because, in a stage ... describing the action. (Occa-sional exceptions to this rule occur when the action is so obvious that to add a stage ...
... describe an important piece of stage business: “Prospero draws a magic circle with his staff.” Because, in a stage ... describing the action. (Occa-sional exceptions to this rule occur when the action is so obvious that to add a stage ...
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