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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... hands of the audience " ( 346 ) —— hands asked to applaud at the end , but hands belonging to imaginations that no doubt have made a different work of art than the person to left or right ( also applauding ) has done . Prospero merely ...
... hand , & Saul was refreshed , & was eased : for the evil spirit departed from him " ( I Samuel 16.23 ) . Perversely , the Geneva gloss argues the punishing intent even of the soothing strings : " God wolde that Saul shulde receive this ...
... hands , the Mona Lisa ( obviously not knowing what to make of the set she was part of , but smiling nonetheless ) ... hand on Caliban's head . But " this tacked - on resolution was more likely to reveal the contradictions in the text ...
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Voice in Motion: Staging Gender, Shaping Sound in Early Modern England Gina Bloom No preview available - 2007 |