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A03 for The Tempest
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- 1Maria O'Connor Prospero's power "is not fully understood by ...his daughter, but is felt by his enemies. He plays with them as he pleases."
- 2Keith Brandon "Prospero is the...master mind and man of the future, as shown by his control over nature."
- 3Hebron "The repeated de-...familiarisation makes it hard to see the restoration of social order."
- 4A04/A03 Bradshaw "The renaissance saw people...passionately concerned with black and devilish magic and good and natural magic."
A fine line between good and bad with Prospero's magic - 5David Lindley "The play has often been regarded as a play about...power. Perhaps it should be seen as a play about the illusion of freedom."
Ariel's freedom
Miranda's false freedom of choice - 6Graham Bradshaw "The play is like some...existential dance in a hall of mirrors."
Theme of illusion and deception throughout the whole play - 7Ross McDonald Believes that the play is mainly concerned with..."The problem of power."
In terms of political power- Prospero securing his dukedom in Naples and legacy through Miranda + Ferdinand
Prospero's magic power over people on island
Art= power so power over an audience. - 8Lord Action- (English Catholic historian, politician, and writer.) Famous saying"All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Prospero as a malevolent ruler - 9Peter Hall "The most...blasphemous play Shakespeare ever wrote...where a man is allowed to play God and does not just dabble with craft but actually performs it."
- 10Graham Bradshaw About the whole play"The whole play of course is a trick."
Illusions left right and centre!
Art of Magic - 11Robert Reid Prospero's and Miranda's relationship"Prospero's cunning treatment of Miranda draws on long literary traditions of possessive often self deluded fathers."
- 12Bullough Prospero as a rulerHe is a "good, authoritarian Governor."
- 13Thomas Campbell (Early 19th century) About ProsperoShakespeare "made its hero a natural, benevolent and dignified ruler."
- 14Bradshaw Like King Lear, believes that "Prospero has been..."treated badly. and has responded badly."
King Lear is tortured by his decisions at the beginning of the play where as Prospero is not. But does relinquish powers at the end. - 15"Prospero is intent on...controlling everything and everybody else."
-Bradshaw - 16J.M. Murray About Miranda's dispostion"Miranda is what she is because she is his pupil."
Nature vs Nurture and speaks to Act 1, sc.2 leant how to speak like that from Prospero.
"Abhorred slave, which any print of goodness wilt not take, being capable of all ill!" - 171996 Producion Ariel and Prospero's relationshipDepicted like father and son. Would never get angry at him, just lightly chide him.
- 182010 Film adaptation Directed by Julie Taymor Name features...1. Masques used CGI and special effects- interesting and pleasing in particular the Harpy sequence
2. Prospero was played by Helen Mirren, dubbed Prospera
3. Caliban- Half Human, Half Mystical creature
4. Ariel was a spirit- naked and transparent - 192013 RCS Production Marc BrennerCaliban (James Garnon) - 'of the earth' Painted earthly colours, like a rock. Spat and Hissed
Prospero (Roger Allam)- "controls the action not by supernatural powers but by human qualities"
Ariel (Colin Morgan) - 'Out of this world.' High energy and eerie. - 20Prospero = Director and power Neil Bowman"Prospero stage manages the action in order to regain power."
- 21Thomas Campbell Shakespeare and Prospero's Epilogue"The Tempest represents Shakespeare's farewell to his art"
- 22Stephan Greenblatt Prospero like a director because..."His primary order is precisely the playwrights power to determine the fate of his creations."
- 23St Coleridge About Ariel's dispostion"In the air he lies, from the airs he derives his being, in air he acts."
Fluid nature that allows him to become different character- Harpy
Like an actor - 24James Slight Miranda harsh speech to Caliban in Act 1, sc 2"Her outbursts contradict the innocence and passivity not only given to her by the men but also the editors."
A04 -Controversial for Miranda to speak in an empowered way to Caliban - 25Melissa E. Sanchez Essay about Gender Relations between men and WomenAdamant that Miranda makes her own decisions
"Voluntarily" receiving and carrying out orders from her father - 26Melissa E Sanchez About Miranda's proposal to FerdinandShe "is so willing in fact that she is beginning to echo Ariel's and Caliban's defiance of Prospero's authority."
She, seemingly, goes behind her fathers back - 27Stephan Greenblatt Extreme opinion of Caliban "Caliban is anything but...a noble savage...[he is] deformed, lecherous, violent and devil worshipping."
BUT argues that he is not any more savage than Prospero
AND not as savage as the murderous Sebastian and Antonio
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