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Shakespeare

Magic and Power in the Tempest

I think that The Tempest is a play that many people can relate to. It’s got a political aspect for all those smart politically-inclined individuals, presents a wonderful social-commentary for fans of satire, and is wonderfully humorous to the layman looking for a good laugh. For me, what interests me most about The Tempest is […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2014 | Tagged with Magic, On the Readings, power, Shakespeare, The Tempest

Delayed Reactions – The Tempest & Repitition Compulsion

OK, maybe its just me, but I always have a delayed reaction to things that the rest of world finds obvious. If someone tells a joke that is the least bit subtle, I’m the kid laughing 3 minutes after the punch line because “OMG, I just got it – that is hilarious”. So it shouldn’t be surprising that it is only now, after almost 8 weeks, that I start to notice the Repitition Compulsion theme as we were reading the book. The connection was made in the lecture that there are Platonic…read more

Posted in blogs, lb4-2014 | Tagged with Shakespeare, The Tempest

Shakespeare is so funny guys

Seriously, he totally is. I went to go see The Tempest at bard on the beach during the summer, and it was funny! Like, legitimately, I laughed through two-thirds of it funny. I think that sometimes people can get so wrapped up in the idea of Shakespeare as this important literary figure that they forget […]

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The Tempest is a political play

After learning about politics in Shakespearean England from the lecture on Monday, it isn’t surprising that Shakespeare’s writings would be heavily influenced by the times he lived in. The Tempest can be interpreted as a ‘play of plays’ and a commentary on colonization, and evidence of both views can be found in the play. There’s […]

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The Tempest

I’m honestly not even too sure how about I feel about the Tempest. I hadn’t been familiar with this particular work of Shakespeare’s before now, but I think it’s safe to say that it’s pretty similar to some of his other works regarding his writing and stylistic choices . Prospero is an interesting, if not especially likable, character. I […]

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Tempest & Tempus

The word “tempest” sounds very close to the Latin word “tempus” which is time,  linguistic study shows that that word did originate from “tempus” in medieval Latin for weather. The work by William Shakespeare is certainly a great work of many times, not only could it be interpreted as a “exeunt” way (Pun*) to exit […]

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The Tempest

I found the first scene in the Tempest quite reflective of several of the themes that appear later on in he play. The main theme I noticed was the master and slave relationship between the characters. Aboard the ship in the middle of the tempest, the boatswain is tasked with (essentially) a captain’s duties which […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2014 | Tagged with Shakespeare, The Tempest

blind ambition in the Tempest

The Tempest is one of my favourites by Shakespeare. The fact that it is set in such an enclosed,  isolated, and exotic place makes for not only a nicely different visual aesthetic  from many Shakespeare plays, but it also initiates an interesting social experiment between the characters. For it was intriguing to watch the behaviours […]

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The Tempest and Shakespeare and the Magic

I think it was somewhere in the introduction of the play that the author mentioned the common belief that certain aspects of the central character Prospero were intended to mirror certain characteristics of Shakespeare himself. In particular, the final farewell speech that Prospero gives is often thought of as Shakespeare’s final farewell to play writing as […]

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Shakespeare, The Tempest

Shakespeare, The Tempest

Robert Crawford gives what he calls a somewhat unconventional reading of The Tempest, arguing that we can see it as a directly political play in the sense that it may function as a criticism of King James I.

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with C17th, drama, England, politics, Shakespeare, The Tempest

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