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    Examine the ways in which Shakespeare makes dramatic use of deception and trickery in The Tempest. In your answer you should also make connections to scenes 3:2 and 3:3 of Doctor Faustus. Deception is defined as the act of deceiving someone and tricky is the practice of deception. Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ uses deception in the themes of power through his magic and control‚ even if this involves betraying his adored daughter‚ Miranda. However‚ in comparison to Marlowe’s ‘Dr Faustus’‚ deception

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    The Tempest and a Colonialist Representation The Tempest‚ most likely written in 1610-1611 and staged for the first time at the royal marriage of Princess Elizabeth around 1612‚ is the final play that Shakespeare’s wrote on his own. It is shrouded in the classic ambiguity that is unique to Shakespeare’s work and thus allows for multiple interpretations. For over a century‚ and particularly in the past twenty years‚ one of the more popular approaches to The Tempest is the influence of colonialism

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    The Tempest 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‚ the rightful Duke of Milan‚ plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm‚ the eponymous tempest‚ to lure

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    Prospero: A True Villain

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    2-3:30pm Alexandra Lindsey 4/30/2014 Prospero: A True Villain In Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ Prospero is always pointed out as a truly moral main character. There are ideas that Prospero’s characteristics‚ his behavior‚ and the way he uses his magic contribute alternately to Prospero’s role as an undeniable protagonist of the play. Although there is evidence to support strongly his status as an unquestionable hero of The Tempest‚ Prospero still can be viewed in an opposite perspective. Throughout Shakespeare’s

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    Zalloni Western Heritage II Paper 1 There are many different outlooks on “human nature”‚ what it consists of‚ what it brings out in people‚ or what it can cause people to do. In the Dante’s Inferno‚ Montaigne’s Essays‚ and Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ there are many different views on human nature itself. In this paper‚ I will answer different questions that these books bring to the surface. What do all humans have in common? What motivates human choices and behavior? On what aspects of human

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    Illusion And Magic

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    William Shakespeare was a creative playwright who wrote dozens of remarkable plays. He ingeniously drew from his life for inspiration. This was evident in his final play‚ The Tempest‚ into which he imbued his personal experiences. By doing so he was able to highlight the differences between illusion and reality through the actions of his characters. Shakespeare used his characters‚ their actions‚ dialogue‚ settings‚ and references to the real world to create many layers of illusion. He illustrates

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    the opportunity to cause a domino effect‚ where that one event sets off a chain of similar events and effects each individual that it impacts and eventually a broader society. This notion of a domino effect is evident in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest which is a magical play about people being lost and found and what they find is who they were all along and Bernhard Schlink’s semi-autobiographical novel The Reader a poignant meditation on love‚ loss‚ guilt‚ human frailty and making peace with the

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    http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013162445 SHAKESPEARE AND THE SUPERNATURAL Shakespeare AND THE Supernatural A BRIEF STUDY OF FOLKLORE‚ SUPERSTITION‚ AND WITCHCRAFT‚ IN ’ Macbeth‚’ ’ Midsummer Night’s Dream ’ The Tempest ’ and ’ BY MARGARET LUCY With a Bibliography of the Subject by WILLIAM JAGGARD. LIVERPOOL: At Jaggard & the Shakespeare Press Company 3 c6 XIII Moorfields MCMVI k.t\sh^\ Copyright: MCMV by WilUam

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    servant. Moreover‚ it will discuss the relationship of these two characters in term of the duties done by Ariel for Prospero. It will be further elaborated in accordance to order of the scenes of the play. So‚ it will be discussed from the day of the tempest to the end of the play. Finally‚ it will draw conclusion to the relationship of Prospero and Ariel. At first‚ the characteristics of Prospero and Ariel are difference. Firstly‚ Prospero is man who falls under human race‚ who was once the Duke of

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    Claiming Caliban The Tempest is a play written by famed playwright‚ William Shakespeare. The play begins with a ship caught in a dangerous storm. The ship is carrying the King of Naples and his attendants. Frightened‚ the people on the ship prayed for safety. The ship eventually wrecks. On a deserted island not too far away‚ the main character‚ Prospero‚ is introduced. Prospero used to be the well-respected Duke of Milan‚ but was betrayed by his brother‚ Antonio‚ and Alonso‚ the King of Naples.

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