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    Prospero in the Tempest

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    Character discoveries in The Tempest Prospero Personal responsibility behind holding power. Prospero’s need for revenge catalyses his inner darkness. His thirst and dissociation with the nobles is heavily emphasised in lines such as “false brother”. He discovers that his actions were causing distress and pain to the other characters; his cruelties were finally revealed by Ariel towards the end of the play- “I would so if I were human”. Along-side ‘losing’ his daughter to Ferdinand‚ Ariel’s line

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    Can people change? This is a question many people ask. My opinion is yes‚ people can change‚ but how? The stories I read and the readers theater I read point to many different things. Let’s take a look at what. First‚ I did the reader’s theater. The readers theater was about a safe cracker who went to a bigger city to crack some more safes and get loads more money. When he was strolling down the street‚ he saw a beautiful girl and fell instantly in love. After seeing her‚ he wanted to change for

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    Katrina Hapner � PAGE �1� Professor Mendel LITR 313 December 21‚ 2013 The Role of the Supernatural in "The Tempest" From the very start of Shakespeares play‚ "The Tempest"‚ magic is used to mesmerize the audience. The entire plot of this play is very reliant on the supernatural. Prospero‚ Ariel‚ and Caliban all have magical powers. Magic lets these characters‚ mainly Prospero‚ manipulate the other characters and make them do their bidding. Magic also maneuvers the plot‚ relationships‚ love and

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    Shakespeare

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    Shakespeare We do not know much about Shakespeare’s life. He comes from the small provincial town Stratford that lies on the Avon. His father was a workman‚ and he was a member of the town council; and he was also the mayor of the town for three years. Shakespeare most likely went to Stratford Grammar School‚ which can still be seen in the town‚ however we do not know much about what he learned in school. In 1582‚ when he was 18 years old‚ he married Ann Hathaway who was 7-8 years older; she

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    In his play The TempestShakespeare uses the stage to present to the audience a microcosm of society. He minimizes the ideologies of his society so that they are represented through the characters and settings of the play. Through the use of dramatic conventions‚ the playwright examines human behaviour and emotion on a smaller scale. The shipwreck and the island are a world of their own; however‚ they are both representative of wider ideas. The play reflects how human nature shapes a society. There

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    Juliet‚ Shakespeare manages to effectively depict the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. One way he achieves this is by creating sympathy for Romeo and Juliet‚ which consequently affects the reader and audience of the play. Three ways in which Shakespeare is able to create sympathy for them is through the general setting and plot structure‚ the language used‚ and also the characterisation of Romeo and Juliet. From the very beginning of the play (in the prologue)‚ Shakespeare begins to

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    Virginia Woolf initiations this Essay: What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister? By being very dismayed about not being able to acquire an explanation on why men are richer than women or why women are poorer than men. She wants to make sure that she gets facts and not opinion. Thus she decided to visit the time of Elizabeth and discover why women did not write‚ but men were writing non-stop and achieving literary excellence. Shakespeare comes up and Woolf compares his writings to “enchanted spider webs

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    magic in the tempest

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    Shakespeare’s presentation of magic in The Tempest In my opinion magic and the supernatural is by far the strongest theme in this play. The play is described as Shakespeare’s most magical play and certainly the language is most magical and quotable. The play is mostly based around magic and in particular Prospero’s magic. unlike Shakespeare’s other play Macbeth‚ the outcome of The Tempest is entirely the product of Prospero’s magic powers. Magic in The Tempest is represented in several different forms

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    much debate as to whether Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an Allegory to European colonization and colonial life‚ or if it is his "farewell to the stage" with a complete overview of the stage and a compilation of all of his characters into a few‚ in which the playwright himself being presented as Prospero. Is The Tempest an allegory to European colonization‚ or is it Shakespeare‚ presenting his formal farewell to the stage? Many believe that Shakespeare‚ personified his character into Prospero‚ because

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    Use of Noise and Music in The Tempest Many times throughout The TempestShakespeare would couple his use of a bare stage with music and other various theatrical noises in order to create a deeper connection with his audience‚ whether they are reading the script‚ or watching the play being performed by a cast of actors. It is said that music is one of the defining elements to any production. With the right music and noises‚ the same exact scene can quickly turn from a happy scene‚ to one of complete

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