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    SHAKESPEARE MADE EASY The Tempest Three Watson Irvine‚ CA 92618-2767 Web site: www.sdlback.com Copyright © 2006 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ electronc or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without the written permission of the publisher‚ with the exception below. Pages labeled with the statement Saddleback Educational Publishing

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    ------------------------------------------------- The Tempest From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses‚ see The Tempest (disambiguation). The shipwreck in Act I‚ Scene 1‚ in a 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written in 1610–11‚ and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island‚ where Prospero

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    Texts and Contexts  Essay 1: ​ The Tempest    Clothing and Appearance: ​ Connotations in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”    Shakespeare’s ​ The Tempest ​ was written between the years 1610 and 1611‚ and was  known as one of only two plays that Shakespeare wrote as an entirely original piece. It was  performed for the second time in 1612 to honor the wedding of the daughter of King James.  Given the fact that it was written as an original‚ there is possibility that Shakespeare may have  written this with royalty in mind

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    Adam Dolah 12/27/12 10B Essay In both of the plays The Tempest and Julius Caesar‚ a group of people is formed to take down and kill one person. In Julius Caesar‚ the conspirators who came up with the plan to kill Caesar were Cassius‚ Cinna‚ Casca‚ Metellus‚ Decius‚ and one can even say Brutus as well even though he was not part of them originally. In The Tempest‚ there are a couple different murder plots. The first of which is when Ariel puts everyone to sleep except for Antonio

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    The tempest is an intellectually challenging play that explores a wide range of significant issues‚ such as power and control and versions of reality. Shakespeare uses a large variety of language techniques and dramatic devices such as imagery and music to help us fully understand the true meaning of The Tempest. Power and control is shown through Prospero and Antonio’s complex relationship. Prospero was the rightful duke of Milan until Antonio stole his role‚ which is the main reason for Prospero’s

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    travelers frequently encounter what is known as a mirage. They see an oasis with water flowing‚ as their mouths get dry and crusty as dehydration overcomes them. They run toward their hope of quenching their thirst‚ only to find a dry desert because their minds and eyes deceived them. This is also known as an illusion. Illusions sometimes provide an optimistic hope for a better future‚ but generally speaking‚ they tend to leave people empty and confused as the reality of what they hope for is false. Consider

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    Character Study of Prospero in The Tempest "The Tempest" is a play written by Shakespeare in 1611. It is a play about a man called Prospero who’s brother (Antonio) attempts to murder him and his 3 year old daughter Miranda in order to become the Duke of Milan. Antonio plans to kill them by sending them out in a boat that would sink at sea. However‚ his plan failed as Prospero and Miranda survived and ended up shipwrecked on an island. After 12 years on the island‚ Prospero decides to claim

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    as successful as Shakespeare in displaying the multiple dimensions which come about from trying to define such an abstract concept. One only has to look to the characters of Sebastian‚ Antonio‚ Prospero‚ and Caliban within The Tempest to observe the complicated manner that the play conceives of evil. Some of these characters may initially appear to be the most evil of God’s creations while others seem to be responding in a reasonable manner based on their situations. Shakespeare does a fantastic

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    Shakespeare: A Common Knowledge in Society Almost anywhere that you go in America or even the world‚ the people have heard of William Shakespeare. His name is probably one of the most common ones in our society today‚ and has been since his time. But has anyone ever raised the question why? Why do we‚ as a society‚ read William Shakespeare’s plays? The answer is a simple one and that is to have a common knowledge in our societies. So many diverse groups of people can be brought

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    Shakespeare’s Natives: Ariel and Caliban in The Tempest By Michael O’Toole In his essay "On Cannibals‚" Montaigne continually asserts that what is natural is synonymous with what is good‚ and that Nature herself ought to be the light by which human action is guided. It is not surprising‚ then‚ that he presents a highly idealized characterization of the natives of the New World. He perceives these "cannibals‚" as he calls them‚ to be men who live in the way Nature intends them to live‚ unadorned

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