Prospero's magic may be said to 'bring about reconciliation', but he is also 'deeply implicated in the usurpation' of his own dukedom, and Antonio and Sebastian's attempted overthrow of Alonso.
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Barbara Mowat
Shaekspeare draws on a tradition of magic and superstition in works such as Dr Faustus.
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Simon Palfrey: Form
Prose may empower the characters, as they are not confined to the constraints of iambic pentametre.
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Simon Palfrey: Ariel
Ariel sumbolises the transition from words to physicality, as s/he is the physical embodiment of words and has the power to become all things.
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Anne Righter
Prospero is 'obtuse' due to the lack of emotional soliloquies, meaning the audience has little insight into his intentions and feelings.
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Frank Kermode: Magic
Magic is the 'disciplined exercise of virtuous knowledge'.
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Frank Kermode: Colonialism
The Tempest could have been written without the discovery of America.
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Emma Smith: Last Play?
Symbolline or Winter's Tale could have been written later. Shakespeare didn't know it would be his last play, and he is only connected to Prospero by the 'art'/magic.
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Emma Smith: Epilogue
This is intended to dissolve the illusions, and the change from iambic pentametre evokes an incantatory tone.
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Emma Smith: Miranda's Marriage
Prospero's protection of her 'virgin knot' may be because of the political importance of the marriage, rather than any concern for his daughter.
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Jonathan Miller
It is difficult for the modern audience to feel sympathy for Prospero.
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Virginia and Alden Vaughan
Colonialism is embedded in the language of the play.
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Beverly Birch
'Punishment should go no further than repentance'.
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Edward Dowden: Reconciliation
'No life is ever lived which does not need to receive as well as to render forgiveness.'
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Edward Dowden: Epilogue
There is nothing of 'profound significance' in the epilogue.
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Peter Greenaway
In his dramatisation of the play. Prospero speaks all the lines.
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Card 2
Front
Shaekspeare draws on a tradition of magic and superstition in works such as Dr Faustus.
Back
Barbara Mowat
Card 3
Front
Prose may empower the characters, as they are not confined to the constraints of iambic pentametre.
Back
Card 4
Front
Ariel sumbolises the transition from words to physicality, as s/he is the physical embodiment of words and has the power to become all things.
Back
Card 5
Front
Prospero is 'obtuse' due to the lack of emotional soliloquies, meaning the audience has little insight into his intentions and feelings.
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