4 Answered Questions for the topic The Tempest

10/03/19

Which of these sources is right about "The Tempest"?
This is part of a quote by Ferdinand in the beginning of scene 1 of act 3 of "The Tempest":>But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours, Most busy, least when I do it.According to... more
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06/20/19

Is Caliban of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" based on a real life character?
In the book **‘Over the Edge of the World’** the author Laurence Bergreen has described Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey... more
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06/06/19

Origin of symbolic interpretation of Prospero's breaking of his staff?
At the end of *The Tempest*, which is generally believed to be the last plays that Shakesepare wrote alone, Prospero breaks his staff and drowns his book. This has often been read as Shakespeare... more
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04/04/19

In Margeret Atwood's "Hag-Seed," where is Caliban?
Margeret Atwood's _Hag-Seed_ is a metafictional retelling of Shakespeare's _The Tempest_. Many elements of _The Tempest_ are clearly recognizable (e.g. Felix is very obviously Prospero), while... more
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