The Tempest other Interpretations Flashcards
What did critic John Dover Wilson say about the tempest being Shakespeare’s autobiography and when?
•1932
• The Tempest is Shakespeare’s ‘farewell to the theatre’
What does critic Dr Sean McEvoy say about how the tempest forces the audience to consider its political messages and when?
• 2014
•Prospero is ‘Shakespeare the Brechtian director’
What does critic Dr Sean McEvoy say about the play’s anti colonialist message and when?
• 2014
•In The Tempest, ‘the coloniser is shown to have no innate moral superiority which justifies his imperialism’
What does critic Dr Sean McEvoy say about the result of Prospero’s treatment of Caliban and when?
• 2014
• Caliban is the ‘product of violent enslavement by Prospero’
What does Dr Sean McEvoy say about Caliban in an environmentalist reading and when?
• 2014
• Caliban’s call for nature in his curses reflect resistance to human ‘exploitation of the wilderness’
What does critic Richard Jacobs say about women within the tempest and when?
• 2005
• Positioning Claribel and Miranda and Ms Prospero as virtuous ‘demonise Sycorax as the ‘dark’ or ‘other’ woman and mother’
What does critic Richard Jacobs say about Claribel and when?
• 2005
• The play passes over Claribel’s story in a ‘perfunctionary way’
What does Critic George Norton say about one of the key purposes of the Tempest and when?
•Argues the play is about identity and the ‘loss of impermanence of self’
• 2021
What does critic George Norton say about mortality in the tempest and when?
• 2021
• the play is about ‘human life inexorably dissolving away’
What does critic George Norton say about the pricing of Caliban in the play?
• 2021
• Acts as a commentary on the ‘practice of displaying for profit Native Americans brought back from expeditions to the New World’
What does John Dryden say about Caliban and when?
• Caliban has ‘all the discontents and malice of a witch, and of a devil’
• 1679
What does Neil Bowen say about the tempest and power?
•‘the Tempest can be seen as exposing fault lines in the seemingly impregnable social order’
•The Tempest presents ‘an ambiguous picture of colonialism’
What does Neil Bowen say about women within the tempest?
Shakespeare shows how ‘the political system depends on the subjugation of women’
17th century interpretations of the play
• the play was interpreted to be a religious allegory as it conveys the ideology that sin redeemed leads to virtue
• early audience may see the play as didatic, reinforcing Christian values of forgiveness and salvation, maybe viewing Prospero’s magic as sinful
Ferdinand’s conditions about marrying miranda
‘If a virgin’ he will make her queen of Naples act 1 scene 2
What does Caliban do in the gregory doran 2016 directed tempest when leaving
Straightens posture, prospero gives Caliban his staff, which he throws away, then runs off
What does critic Malcolm Hebron say Prospero’s aim with his magic is and when
‘to bring his enemies to recognise their actions and repent, thus restoring them to divine grace’
2011
What does critic Malcolm Hebron say about Prospero’s control of Caliban and when
Shows that Prospero ‘has the proper discipline over his lower human tendencies’
2011
What does critic Malcolm Hebron say about Prospero’s inentions being negative and when
Suggests that he is ‘possessed by a desire for impossible purity in the world’ and is ‘incapable of seeing that evil is a normal part of human affairs’
What does critic Malcolm Hebron say about Ferdinand and Miranda’s relationship:
‘From the pure chastity of this couple, a truly noble generation should emerge’
- Prospero protecting institution by ensure that Miranda ascends to power with a worthy leader
What does Prospero’s decision reflect about theatre according to Malcolm Hebron
2011
‘He has to renounce it to return from a world of illusion and manipulation to the human community’
What does critic Andrew Green say about Miranda’s departure from the island?
She is ‘liberated as she encounters whole worlds of new knowledge’ but is also ‘exposed to uncertainty and danger due to her lack of experience’
2022
What does Harriet Parks display when writing in Miranda’s voice after leaving the island and when?
‘Naples is not a brave new world, father. I cannot live like this. This palazzo is a prison’
2024 - moves from one sphere of control to another
What does Harriet Parks display when writing in Miranda’s voice after leaving the island and when?
‘Naples is not a brave new world, father. I cannot live like this. This palazzo is a prison’
2024 - moves from one sphere of control to another
