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    The Tempest ACTS II-V Directions: Choose 3 questions from each act (you will have a total of 12 answers when you finish) and answer the questions in complete sentences‚ using textual evidence‚ and in no less than 50 words each. Make sure you make clear what questions you chose to answer! ACT II 1. What type of person is Gonzalo? What was his role in the plot against Prospero? Does his behavior seem consistent with how he acts now? 2. What is Gonzalo’s idea of the type of government or life style

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    Giorgione, the Tempest

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    UNIVERZITA KOMENSKÉHO FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA‚ KATEDRA DEJÍN UMENIA Giorgione – The Tempest Odborná angličtina 4 Letný semester Linda Hobinková Ak. rok 2010/11 2. ročník Girogio da Castelfranco Founder of 16.century Venetian painting‚ who has

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    Giorgione The Tempest

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    Giorgione‚ “The Tempest” 1509. This artwork is representational because it looks realistic. It is in the textbook on page 453. You are looking at the painting of an almost nude women who nurses her child. To the left of her is a man wearing a German Mercenary Solider glaze at them. His two-toned hosiery seems to identify him as a member of the Campagnia Della Calza. There in the foreground stands a pediment topped by two broken columns. In the middle of the artwork there is a bridge that crosses

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    Shakespeare uses the prominent theme of usurpation in The Tempest to critique the characters discoveries of rightful authority as a result of re-evaluating their actions. The hierarchy of Elizabethan society was strict in its rules of birth dictated rightful authority‚ so the audience is positioned to question accepted lines of leadership when the protagonist‚ Prospero‚ recalls his usurped dukedom of Milan. Although‚ this reflection and later actions cause Prospero‚ as well as the audience‚ to reconsider

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    The Tempest - Caliban

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    Determines Your Status? The strangest‚ yet most intriguing relationship in Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tempest‚ seems to be the one that is shared between Prospero and Caliban. Through their constant interactions‚ the audience is able to explore the important motif of master-servant relationships‚ which is one of the major themes that the entire play seems to be built upon. In The Tempest‚ although it seem as if one’s status and background plays a big part in affecting one’s position on the social

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    discovery- Tempest

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    essence of discovery it can ultimately change the ways in which the individual sees both themselves and the world that surrounds them as they respond to their new found discovery. This notion is coincidently shown through out William Shakespeare’s ‚The Tempest (1610-11) and two following related texts‚ The academy award winning film American beauty (1999) directed by Sam Mendes and an Australian short story‚ The age of terror ( 2010) written by Chris Womersly.. Shakespeare’s apparent final master piece

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    The Tempest: Comparing The Cultures in The Tempest and Ours "All men are created equal" is one of the declarations that American culture is built on. This declaration means that all men no matter of race‚ religion‚ or creed are equals in the eyes of society‚ as well as the law. This was not always true in history‚ especially not in Shakespeare’s day and age. During this time‚ society had levels of classification where men were considered "superior" to other men. Shakespeare gives us a taste

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    Post Colonialism and The Tempest Background Information: In 1609 a fleet of nine ships set out from England‚ headed towards John Smith’s Virginia colony‚ the first English settlement in the New World. One of the nine ships was separated during a violent storm and ended up on Bermuda. These shipwrecked Europeans began colonizing the island and enslaving the native population. Shakespeare’s Tempest is based on this incident. For over a century‚ a number of critics have tried to interpret the

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    Barry Cavin’s portrayal William Shakespeare’s The Tempest presented by the Bower School Music & The Arts was incredibly intimate and focused on acting. The play’s production felt as if produced and performed by aspiring youth with limited resources which contrasts perfectly with the play that many critics see as the master playwright expression of his farewell to the stage. The Tempest is believed to be written by famous William Shakespeare in 1610-11. The play preserves the writing of Shakespeare

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    Tempest Essay

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    The Tempest: Analyze the moral development of Prospero’s character in the set scene with particular reference to his use and misuse of power. It is clear that Prospero’s character develops significantly throughout the course of the play; it seems that he becomes reconciled with the idea of not controlling everything and so events begin to un-fold before him. It seems that his own morals start to overtake his needs to take physical revenge on his enemies‚ he becomes more sympathetic and humane

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