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Critics for Tempest
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- 1Martin Butler'A deflowered daughter would have tainted the family'
- 2Martin Butler'Europe's political and domestic arrangements depended on the compliance of its women'
- 3Joanna Williams'Victorians saw themselves as having a duty to civilise the natives'
- 4Joanna Williams'He is every bit the oppressed native'
- 5Mike BrettIt could be argued that Miranda's apparent freedom is entirely illusory'
- 6Martin Butler'Caliban has been exploited but in some respects he is willingly becoming a slave and brought his own subject upon himself'
- 7Martin Butler'However much Prospero is publicly committed to forgiveness, as a duke of Milan he must act in accordance to a Machiavellian Rule-book'
- 8Martin Butler'Prospero bases the right to rule on moral rather than territorial legitimacy. Therefore Caliban cannot rule the island as he is not really a human'
- 9Feminist critics'Prospero constructs Sycorax as evil by using language of misogyny' Danmed witch, hag, foul witch
- 10Jessica SlightsMiranda is a 'Prototype...who is caste, silent and obedient'
- 11R.S WhiteProspero is a 'Computer buff' who is the puppet master orchestrating the play.
- 12Wilson'a terrible old man, almost tyrannical as Lear'
Megalomaniac- power hungry - 13Samuel Taylor'The very Shakespeare himself'
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- A level English Flashcards on Critics for Tempest, created by Amy Khizer on 17/06/2017.
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