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The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone.After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a wizard, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an ...
The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island is a comedy adapted by John Dryden and William D'Avenant from Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest. [1] The musical setting, previously attributed to Henry Purcell , and probably for the London revival of 1712, was very probably by John Weldon .
Ariel is Prospero's eyes and ears throughout the play, using his magical abilities to cause the tempest in Act One which gives the play its name, and to foil other characters' plots to bring down their master. Ariel means "Lion of God" in the Hebrew language. Ariel may also be a simple play on the word "aerial". Scholars have compared Ariel to ...
While The Tempest is frequently analysed from postcolonial angles as a reaction to European colonialism in the early modern era, Miranda does not make an appearance in the majority of such analyses. As the play's only female character, Miranda functions mostly as a representation of women instead of a representation of a colonised group.
Caliban (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ b æ n / KAL-i-ban), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.. His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own work: [1] as Russell Hoban put it, "Caliban is one of the hungry ideas, he's always looking for someone to word him into being ...
Sycorax / ˈ s ɪ k ər æ k s / is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded.
Mark Rylance plays Ferdinand in Prospero's Books, a 1991 screen adaptation of The Tempest, directed by Peter Greenaway. Eddie Mills plays Captain Frederic, a character based on Ferdinand, in The Tempest (1998 film), which transfers the play's story to the American Civil War; Reeve Carney plays Ferdinand in the 2010 film. [5]
Articles relating to the theatrical play The Tempest (c. 1610–1611) by William Shakespeare. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.