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    Move On Never had I been this mad‚ he had really done it this time. In the play The Tempest‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist Prospero must learn to move on from previous mistreatment and learn to forgive those who wronged him. This relates to how I had to forgive those who disrupt my emotions to my limit. I am an ordinary 15 year old boy who loves sports‚ friends‚ family‚ and video games. Having two younger siblings is not always manageable. Whenever we are in our driveway playing basketball

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    Missy (Melissa) Hanson Dr. Brooke Kowalke Shakespeare Literature 20 February 2015 Response Paper for The Tempest Throughout William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tempest‚ many different themes and motifs are present. However‚ power and gender roles strongly influence the directionality of the plot. Specifically‚ the characters Prospero and Sycorax tend to represent two opposing ideas of what it means to be male versus a female and to have power versus not having power. The patriarchy is one that seems

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    In what ways is Caliban presented as hideous in The Tempest? Through the exploration if the play‚ The Tempest by William Shakespeare‚ we are introduced to the character of Caliban and almost immediately we are encouraged to view him as hideous and monstrous. Shakespeare makes us identify Caliban as some kind of sub-human freak through the horrific appearance‚ malicious background and low social status in which he is allocated. However‚ although we are encouraged by language‚ and the other characters

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    The use of the supernatural is very evident in the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. As readers‚ we are introduced to the world of the supernatural (which was widely believed to exist in Shakespeare’s time) in a number of ways. The witches show Macbeth his fate and awaken his ambition‚ which leads to his ultimate demise. They act like dark thoughts and temptations in the play‚ which in turn stems from their supernatural powers‚ to morally confuse and provide the impetus characters for Macbeth

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    | AbstractThis essay discusses the question of the transforming creative self and the aesthetics of becoming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge ’s ’Kubla Khan ’ and ’Dejection: An Ode ’‚ by reassessing certain strands of Romantic visionary criticism and Deconstruction‚ which are two major critical positions in the reading and interpreting of Romantic poetry. The poetics of becoming and the creative process place the self in Coleridge ’s aesthetic and spiritual idealism in what I have called a constructive

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    Justice is the pursuit of righteousness and moral good standing within an individual or a group. Shakespeare‚ however‚ gives new perspective to this idea of justice in his work‚ The Tempest. Shakespeare critiques justice and portrays it in way in which justice is defined as the rule of the majority‚ and governed by the person with most power. Through the actions of the main character‚ Prospero; this new viewpoint of both justice and mercy emerges. Prospero‚ once the Duke of Milan‚ seeks revenge

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    During the 17th and 18th centuries crimes where looked at as being caused by a sort of supernatural (evil) forces. Known as Supernatural explanation or Demonological Theory‚ crime is considered a sinful act in violation of the command of the Supreme Being. Humankind was literally at the mercy of the supernatural; fates‚ ghosts‚ and spirits. Felonies or mortal sins were manifestations of human nature‚ linking an alliance with ‘the prince of darkness’. Some of the best examples of this in history include

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    easily forgotten‚ Macbeth moves on with his kingship but soon finds out that he is constantly thinking about the brutal murder of his own king. Throughout the course of the play‚ there are many instances where the witches and other forms of the supernatural help to shape the plot of the story. During the 17th century in Great Britain the topic of witchcraft was a fairly controversial subject. There were many trials where people would be tried and falsely accused for witchcraft. Because of this‚ Shakespeare

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    The Importance of Nature‚ Emotions‚ the Individual‚ and the Supernatural To the Romantic Author The growing industrialization and urbanization‚ which took place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ brought forth a peculiar response from the artists and poets of that era. This response got the name of such cultural trend as Romanticism. When one hears the term “romanticism”‚ one is quick to jump to the conclusion that the work has a relation to love. This may not be wrong but the in

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    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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