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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... note back to the text will be indicated by an outlined box. Many of the bracketed words in the stage directions are editorial additions, without textual notes. THE NEW FOLGER LIBRARY SHAKESPEARE Designed to make Shakespeare's great.
... note back to the text will be indicated by an outlined box. Many of the bracketed words in the stage directions are editorial additions, without textual notes. THE NEW FOLGER LIBRARY SHAKESPEARE Designed to make Shakespeare's great.
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... stage in the preparation of this text; and to the Folger Institute's Center for Shakespeare Studies for its fortuitous sponsorship of a workshop on “Shakespeare's Texts for Students and Teachers” (funded by the National Endowment for ...
... stage in the preparation of this text; and to the Folger Institute's Center for Shakespeare Studies for its fortuitous sponsorship of a workshop on “Shakespeare's Texts for Students and Teachers” (funded by the National Endowment for ...
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... stage action, is at least felt. When reading on one's own, one must do what each actor does: go over the lines (often with a dictionary close at hand) until the puzzles are solved and the lines yield up their poetry and the characters ...
... stage action, is at least felt. When reading on one's own, one must do what each actor does: go over the lines (often with a dictionary close at hand) until the puzzles are solved and the lines yield up their poetry and the characters ...
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... stage action is described in what are called “stage directions”; some is suggested within the dialogue itself. Learn to be alert to such signals as you stage the play in your imagination. When, in The Tempest 1.2.28–31, Prospero says to ...
... stage action is described in what are called “stage directions”; some is suggested within the dialogue itself. Learn to be alert to such signals as you stage the play in your imagination. When, in The Tempest 1.2.28–31, Prospero says to ...
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... stage directions at what seemed to us the most probable places, but these are ultimately matters that directors and actors—and readers in their imaginations—must decide. Learning to read the language of stage action repays one many ...
... stage directions at what seemed to us the most probable places, but these are ultimately matters that directors and actors—and readers in their imaginations—must decide. Learning to read the language of stage action repays one many ...
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