Prospero in Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" fits the description of a Machiavellian Prince. He is cunning‚ conspires‚ and schemes‚ and has a tremendous amount of power throughout the whole work. Prospero’s Magical powers give a fairytale-like quality to the work‚ which he uses to his advantage to become the most powerful character in the work‚ controlling the destiny of all the characters in the play. He was unrightfully overthrown as the Duke of Milan by his also scheming Machiavellian
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SYDNEY STUDIES The Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism G. A. WILKES If the study of Shakespeare itself can be viewed as an act of cultural imperialism‚ a play like The Tempest can readily be seen as a text which is complicit with colonial power. Prospero is the usurping invader‚ nervous about the legitimacy of his rule‚ and Caliban is the representative of the subjugated race‚ his language lessons seen as an attempt to eradicate his own culture‚ or to bring it under imperialist
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Notes on The Tempest: 1611 Genre: Romance ● visionary‚ exotic‚ supernatural‚ unfamiliar‚ illusion; (mysterious encounters‚ concealed identities‚ hazardous journeys‚ unexpected meetings) = hopeful idealism ● Reconciliation: love and harmony resolves past discord. ● TIME = regenerative o masque = bounty of nature‚ seasonal cycles. Context: Jacobean Era ● James VI of Scotland (son of Mary‚ Queen of Scots) becomes James I of England 1603 (Stuart Dynasty) ● James writes the
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The Tempest ACTS II-V Directions: Choose 3 questions from each act (you will have a total of 12 answers when you finish) and answer the questions in complete sentences‚ using textual evidence‚ and in no less than 50 words each. Make sure you make clear what questions you chose to answer! ACT II 1. What type of person is Gonzalo? What was his role in the plot against Prospero? Does his behavior seem consistent with how he acts now? 2. What is Gonzalo’s idea of the type of government or life style
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Character discoveries in The Tempest Prospero Personal responsibility behind holding power. Prospero’s need for revenge catalyses his inner darkness. His thirst and dissociation with the nobles is heavily emphasised in lines such as “false brother”. He discovers that his actions were causing distress and pain to the other characters; his cruelties were finally revealed by Ariel towards the end of the play- “I would so if I were human”. Along-side ‘losing’ his daughter to Ferdinand‚ Ariel’s line
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9 (5/6) 8 March 2012 Manipulation and Control As a final farewell to theatre‚ William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. In this tragicomedy‚ Prospero and his daughter‚ Miranda‚ have been stuck on an island for twelve years with their slave‚ Caliban‚ and Prospero’s secret servant‚ Ariel. To get revenge on his brother‚ Antonio‚ for overthrowing him from rule‚ Prospero concocts a tempest to bring him‚ his entourage‚ and Alonso‚ a conspirator‚ to the island‚ where he plans to regain his throne. The
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As an actor‚ select one character from The Tempest’ and discuss how you would create the role‚ bearing in mind its function in the plot and its relationship to other characters. I have chosen Caliban to discuss‚ since‚ as an actor‚ I find him the most interesting character and thus the most enjoyable to discuss. Caliban’s function in the plot is one that is difficult to define. He is not the key protagonist‚ since this title belongs to the treacherous Alonso in his usurpation of Prosporo
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Consumed by Control Are we motivated by the search for control or does this desire actually control us? People who are desperate for power rarely feel at peace unless they have a sense of influence over those around them. In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ Prospero loses his leadership to his brother and decides to use a purely psychological form of retaliation. Consequently‚ Prospero stops seeking revenge in scene V when his efforts give him the control he needs to regain satisfaction in life. Prospero
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Book review In the book‚ Cannibals with forks‚ John Elkington who is the author likened companies to cannibals to express corporations to devour competing corporations or industries to crave up and digest others in the traditional capitalist market. Elkington brought up an idea that forks could be an implement for these companies to switch toward to sustainability direction. As the form of a fork with three prongs‚ it is defined that ¡¥triple bottom line¡¦ of sustainability are economic prosperity
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different ideas in it. Both the ideas are highly plausible and make a plethora of sense. Even tho this quote is not necesseraly made up by Michel de Montaigne‚ he uses it in his writing and supports it. The original quote is really from “Epistulae morales ad Lucilium” which was written around 65 A.D. By Seneca‚ of Ancient Rome. This shows the reader how Montaigne was able to use different quotes from totally different time periods to support his clause. I believe that this quote simply means that no man
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