The Importance of the Comic Sub-plot in The Tempest The comic sub-plot has various uses for the play. It brings light relief&ndash without it‚ it would be a very dramatic play‚ if not boring.As because Prospero controls the whole island we know that nothing can really happen that he doesn&rsquot want to‚ so the play is lacking tension and the comic sub-plot prevents it from being a very boring play. Drunkness is amusing anyway‚ they fall about and say stupid things which is entertaining for
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During Colonization there were troubles with Native Americans (disease‚ Indian Wars‚ Massachusetts Bay)‚ John Winthrop and the city on a hill‚ Puritans‚ Role of religion in society‚ the American Dream (social mobility‚ land‚ and a fresh start.) During the Revolution the main people were Benjamin Franklin‚ John Locke‚ and Phillis Wheatley. Some ideas during this time were the Enlightenment which was the belief of science and guides to life. Finally for Popular Sovereignty it was for the Kansas/Nebraska
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During the 19th century‚ the role geography played in the European colonization of Africa encouraged European efforts to control the massive continent of Arica. This document based question can be split up into three groups of documents: hindered‚ encouraged‚ and ignored efforts. The Europeans came together and created a conference called the Berlin Conference in 1884 in order for them to split Africa and prevent disputes (Document J). This encouraged the European efforts to colonize Africa because
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European colonization had a huge impact on North America. This impact had an disturbing impact on the native population. In a small period of time the native’s way of life was changed forever. The changes were caused by many of factors‚ including loss of land‚ disease‚ enforced laws which violated their culture‚ food and self sufficiency. When the Europeans arrived they brought with them various disease to the natives such as smallpox. The natives had no immunity to these different diseases and
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will die very easily. Lastly‚ There is very little sun on the moon so solar panels will be useless. Without solar panels it will be very difficult to get energy. The moon is not fit for people/humans to live on it. To begin with‚ according to Colonization of the Moon‚ “the lack of an atmosphere increases the chances of the colony being hit by meteor.” Second‚ A higher meteor chance is not the only thing that is dangerous on the moon. Moon dust is also very dangerous to the humans because it destroys
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Although William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is often categorized as his late romance‚ its plots reflect the major social movement of that time—the Europeans settling in the New World. As the Europeans eagerly set out to find the New World‚ they left behind hopeful citizens pondering over what they would find. In The Tempest‚ through the characters‚ we can infer that the Europeans’ intentions ranged from creating the perfect government to interacting with the inhabitants. They discovered that their
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During the early part of English colonization of the Americas the main group of people that were sent to the Americas was religious and political outcasts. This included Puritans‚ Quakers many other religions‚ debtors and political dissidents. The Puritans and Quakers came to the Americas in search of political freedom. The Puritans settled in the northeast region of the United States mainly in modern day Massachusetts. During their long nearly 4 month journey across the Atlantic Ocean the boat goers
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The Columbian Exchange and the Colonization of America The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases‚ ideas‚ food crops‚ and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492. While some had cataclysmic results for the indigenous populations‚ other interactions led to exchanges of ideas and resources. These exchanges altered life on both sides of the Atlantic. In North America many native cultures had lived and
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Colonization caused a fall in many cultures leading to a superiority complex amongst English cultures against others. As shown in Salman Rushdie’s “The Courter”: “‘Your husband‚’ said the first Beatle‚ showing his teeth in a frightening way‚ and raising his voice on notch‚ ‘damaged the goods. Do you hear me‚ Queenie? He damaged the fucking goods.’ ‘Mistaken identity‚ fleas‚’ said Certainly-Mary. ‘Many Indian residents in Waverley House. We are decent ladies; fleas’” (Rushdie‚ 1274) Though the women
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In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ Prospero creates a storm to draw his enemies onto his island. but all in good intention; using his magic in name of good to avenge his daughter and him‚ but not viciously and instead as he believes fate allows. Firstly‚ his motive originates from wanting to avenge the misdoing to his daughter’s life by his brother Antonio along with others‚ including the King of Naples. As Prospero explains to Miranda‚ “a treacherous army levied‚ one midnight … and‚ i’ th’ dead
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