Late Night Thoughts on Plato, Hobbes & Food
The thing with working an entry level job is that sometimes business gets really, really slow. When that happens (which it does pretty much every night around 1 am) you find your mind exploring some rather strange ideas. For some … Continue reading →
“Nasty, brutish and short.”
Not going to lie, the quote by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, “nasty, brutish and short” portrays a rather pessimistic tone. Through his famous book, Leviathan, where he expresses his views about the nature of human beings and the necessity of … Continue reading →
Does This Make Me a Hypocrite?
Reading Leviathan, I came to a strange realization: I like Thomas Hobbes. He’s not a favorite of mine by any stretch and his lawyerly writing style occasionally gives me a bit of a headache, but I don’t feel an antipathy towards … Continue reading →
A female Prospero?
The lack of female presence in The Tempest is depressing from a feminist perspective, considering that the only two females do not shed positive light on their gender. Miranda is passive and rarely makes a real contribution to the play, … Continue reading →
The Lone Woman
Seeing as how only one woman actually appears onstage, The Tempest cant exactly be classified as a progressive feminist work. Miranda—the token female character—is, for most of the play, very passive. Due to the fact that she has been stuck … Continue reading →
Musings on The Tempest
For my blogpost today I was musing through thoughts on portrayals of The Tempest and Shakespeare’ possible last work. In some interpretations towards the end of the play Prospero’s riddance of magic – some say relates to Shakespeare’ retiring and … Continue reading →
The Language of Love
Love! I wonder if any of us would be satisfied with “falling in love” with the first person we meet (not including our father and creepy step-brother). Love does taint our eyes and whisper unspeakable things into our ears. However, … Continue reading →
Prospero’s Forgiveness
Prospero’s Books places a lot of emphasis on the control Prospero has over the rest of the characters. Using Prospero to narrate all of the characters lines, the audience are given a feeling that everything is being staged by him. … Continue reading →
Writing People
Are Shakespeare’s plays plot driven or character driven? I would say character driven. Shakespeare’s plays have an element of free will. The characters always have a choice, and they are aware of this choice. Prospero hands over the political rule … Continue reading →
The Tempest, IN SPACE!
It is fascinating how versatile the plays of Shakespeare are. There have been thousands of different interpretations and adaptions of his works over time and the fact that we are still coming up with new ways to present his plays … Continue reading →