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McDonnell - Caliban's behaviour |
Believed that Prospero was partly to blame for Caliban's behaviour |
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Dijkhuizen - forgiveness/metatheatre |
The essay 'Prospero's Dream' 'In one and the same breath, Prospero expresses both forgiveness and a deeply rooted hatred' 'Theatre about theatre' |
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Robinson - time/Ariel |
'Time is a central element of the form and meaning of the play' 'Ariel is a puzzling and evasive figure' |
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Garrett - time |
'The Tempest is the only play in the Shakespearean canon that follows the unity of time' |
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Driver - Prospero's position |
Prospero is an 'analogue of God' |
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O'Toole - Ariel's character |
'submissive and differential subject' |
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Johnson - Ariel |
'the sole agent of Prospero's magic' |
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Corfield - Prospero's magic |
Relinquishing his magic is morally required, not desired, by Prospero Prospero uses geotic magic Comments on volte-face |
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Marra - Miranda and Ferdinand/Prospero and reality |
The love story is one of the two 'lines of action' in the play 'Prospero has a clear perception and awareness of the fragile essence of his constructions' |
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Valdivieso - Miranda and Caliban/Miranda |
'[critics] have seen Caliban as a symbol of the exploited native but have often underplayed or ignored the specific repression of Miranda' 'Miranda is a subordinate character yet her role is crucial in the developments of events of the play' |
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Berry - Prospero and Ariel |
'Prospero becomes unusually enamoured with his spirit' |
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Gilman - the masque |
'Shakespeare's most elaborate stage spectacle' |
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Huxley - illusion and reality |
'The world is an illusion, but it is an illusion which we must take seriously' |
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Brotton - Sycorax |
serves the purpose of contrasting Sycorax's magic with Prospero's - we question the severity of his torturous magic |
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Egan - Prospero's art |
Prosperous art is significant to the play 'all its events and circumstances are either a direct result or consequence of Prospero's art' |
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Barder - Music of the island |
'The music of the island creates so much mystery that 'Ferdinand is at a loss to unravel' 'Resilience of pure joy that Ariel will return to his natural roots' |