The Tempest: A Guide to the PlayThe Tempest was first published in 1623 and is probably the last play Shakespeare wrote by himself. The product of his artistic maturity, it has inspired a variety of modern adaptations and remains one of his most popular plays. While its plot is fairly straightforward, The Tempest addresses numerous issues and topics current in the 17th century, such as magic and colonialism. Scholars, in turn, have responded by generating a vast body of criticism. This reference is a comprehensive guide to the play. |
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... Caliban's utility : " he does make our fire / Fetch in our wood , and serves in offices / that profit us . " Prospero calls Caliban , but the latter says that he has already lugged the daily quota of wood . What Caliban is is also a ...
... Caliban has aroused enormous interest over the years . According to the Vaughans , the late seventeenth century " deemed Caliban a pure monster , with emphasis on his vices , deformities , crudities , and beastl [ iness ] . " In the ...
... Caliban grasps education only as the opposite of what it espouses . Caliban is " worse than a wild animal ; he is the incurable primitive who perverts the instruction he has received " ( 1962 , 169 ) . E. K. Chambers suggests that Caliban's ...
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Voice in Motion: Staging Gender, Shaping Sound in Early Modern England Gina Bloom No preview available - 2007 |