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    The Tempest is the last play Shakespeare wrote. The play is about Prospero who has been overthrown from his dukedom in a very unfair and ruthless faction by his brother Antonio. Prospero has magical powers. I try to show the relationship between Prospero‚ Miranda‚ Ariel‚ Caliban and Ferdinand. Prospero is a controlling person‚ he controls and dominates his daughter Miranda. This is highlighted by when he told Miranda “obey and be attentive”. On the other hand when he wants to tell his story‚ Prospero

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    “I...I….he had a cataract‚” I spoke as I heard a faint noise. A familiar noise. A noise that had hardly disappeared. The old man’s heartbeat. I started pacing back and forth as if the walls were closing in on me. Each and every officer looked at me with eyes from Satan. It had felt like a Samurai had been slashing every bit of my shrunken soul. I was going behind bars. The sun started to rise‚ quite early this time of year. They took me on a horse down the sandy wide streets. Dust blew in my face

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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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    Mesopotamia Is Great The "Land between the Rivers" has been a source of both savage barbarism and great civilizations. Mesopotamian culture reached its peak between ca 3000-550 BCE. Yet‚ much of Mesopotamian culture goes unnoticed‚ despite its rich heritage. A vast bulk of the great early civilizations developed in the land known as Mesopotamia. It can‚ in fact‚ be proven‚ without question‚ that because of Mesopotamia’s extensive trade routes‚ its excellent leaders‚ and the astronomical growth

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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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    “The Tempest is more concerned with reconciliation than with revenge.” Evaluate this view of The Tempest by exploring the action and effects of the play. Revenge tragedy was a highly popular genre during the Jacobean era‚ so understandably Shakespeare would have been heavily influenced by this; one of these examples being Hamlet. Revenge tragedies carried the evident message that those who dabble in revenge will end up being hurt themselves. This is seen in the final scene of Hamlet where the

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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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    The rise of civilizations began with the settling of nomads. It was the end of hunting and gathering and the beginning of agriculture based civilizations. Early civilizations commonly settled near bodies of water for resources‚ created a form of writing‚ established a form of government‚ developed a form of religion‚ and established a hierarchy system. All of these are common features in the history of the rise of civilizations. The government of early civilizations was commonly run by either a

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    overwhelming sense of power and authority. This perception is triggered by his magic but not a sympathetic character that the audience can share empathy with. He seems petty and cruel at times‚ especially after we discover that it was him who created the tempest As Prospero evolves‚ the audience discovers with him through his journey. We can discovery the events through his reflective stories that are unleashed through his magic. Prospero discovers his own freedom and giving freedom to others by first discovering

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    Act one begins at sea with the storm‚ which gives the play its title. The King of Naples Alonso‚ his brother Sebastian‚ the Duke of Milan Antonio and the other mariners begin to fear for their lives. On the island Prospero and Miranda are introduced. Miranda pleads with her father to use his magic powers to calm the storm. He explains to her that he has orchestrated the entire event and assures her that no one will be harmed in the storm. He recounts the story of how they came to live on this

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