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    Advantage of Reading There are so many ways reading is an advantage to your learning. People read so they can improve on their vocabulary by reading words that they don’t know‚ and using the dictionary they will know what the word means. Reason why reading is an advantage is that it gives you a glimpse into other cultures and places in the world. While reading like “National Geographic” it gives you an insight on other people lifestyles‚ customs and their ethnicity of their people. It also

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    An Illusion is an incorrect or distorted perception. The Tempest is full of magic and illusions.Prospero uses visual and aural illusions to get revenge on his enemies.The illusions made them detached from reality‚ and that is what makes illusions a detriment to life. The Tempest starts out in act one with an illusion. A horrible storm is taking place‚ and the passengers are tricked into thinking that they are about to drown. Everyone starts panicking and praying about their fate.The people on board

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    Shakespeare Coursework – The Tempest Question: Explore the use of magic in ‘The Tempest’ William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ highlights a variety of different types of magic. Magic is an important part of this play because not only does it literally give Prospero his revenge but it also shows who has power and who does not have power. Magic is important in ‘The Tempest’ because basically without it there is no play. Shakespeare uses the magic to engage his audience and to almost make the audience

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    The “Allegory of the Cave” can be explained by using the Abercombie’s perspective. The story is about the one of the prisoners who is chained inside the cave since his childhood. The prisoner’s understanding of the world is very limited to what he can see and hear in the cave such as the shadow and the voice of the people crossing behind. People’s schema is always influenced by the context and used to interpret the information‚ so that the prisoner believes the shadow is the real object and the voice

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    and not be too far-fetched; otherwise the goals would only prove to be a damper to the teenager’s spirit and aspirations. One must also possess self-confidence in their capabilities. By having self-confidence‚ the teenager would not falter along the way and have doubts in their abilities. Furthermore‚ with self-confidence‚ belief in one’s actions is guaranteed‚ and therefore‚ the teenager would be more determined to see their actions being carried out to the end‚ resulting in the lesser chance of them

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    unclear. Shakespeare immediately establishes a plausible‚ justifiable reason for Prosperos retribution: to promote his daughter to her rightful position in society and to ensure her future by binding her to Ferdinand in marriage. However readers spend the rest of the play trying to decipher whether or not Prospero truly acts in favour of his daughters interests or his own. Indeed it is indisputable that Prospero does not indulge his own natural inclination for revenge. However Shakespeare tempers

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    The Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Inferno by Dante Alighieri had two very strong male characters. The leading character in The Tempest was a man named Prospero. Prospero is a former duke who had been stripped of his dukedom due to treachery. He is a very powerful man who uses his magic to manipulate everyone and everything within his reach. One very strong character in The Inferno was a man named Virgil. Virgil was a soul who was sent to guide Dante through Hell. Virgil has power over the

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    The Tempest Shakespeare is one of the most prolific and admired writers who ever lived. He certainly knew his craft and was familiar with all of the literature available at the time. One of the greatest books ever written was of course the bible. Written over the course of more than a thousand years it is a miracle in itself that the book exists. Shakespeare knew his bible‚ and his work often incorporated and examined biblical themes. Shakespeare’s last completed work was The Tempest‚ and

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    essay‚ “Of Cannibals”‚ Montaigne tries to disprove this theory by exposing a group of “savage” people’s simplistic lifestyle‚ versus Europe’s complex‚ and arguably more savage‚ society. According to Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tempest”‚ through the character of Caliban‚ Shakespeare seems to disagree with Montaigne’s views on people in their natural state. These literary works appear to contrast sharply‚ as one tries to disprove the points and main thoughts of the other. Although they contrast‚ there

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    Revenge Many comparisons can be seen between Shakespeare’s novel The Tempest and the epic Beowulf. One of the strongest similarities is the idea of revenge. Shakespeare’s novel occurs basically in order for Prospero to have revenge on his enemies from usurping his dukedom. Beowulf’s original monster‚ Grendel‚ starts acting out less due to revenge and more out of pure frustration. His death though‚ causes his mother to act on revenge‚ killing one of Hrothgar’s trusted advisor‚ Aeschere‚ causing

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