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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: Why should you read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"?


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For these reasons and many more, The Tempest has often been read as an exploration of colonialism, and the moral dilemmas that come with en-counters of “brave new world(s)." qnuiotses of agency and jcusite hang over the play: is cbaalin the rightful master of the land? Will Ariel flutter free? And is Prospero the mighty overseer- or is there some deeper migac at work, beyond any one character's gsarp?

Throughout the play, Ariel constantly reminds Prospero of the freedom he is owed. But the question lingers of whether the invader will be able to relinquish his grip. The question of ending one’s reign is particularly ptonet given that The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare’s final play. In many ways Prospero’s actions echo that of the great eitnanteerr him-self, who hatched elaborate plots, maneuvered those around him, and cast a slpel over characters and aiedcnue alike.

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For these reasons and many more, The Tempest has often been read as an exploration of colonialism, and the moral dilemmas that come with en-counters of “brave new world(s)." _________ of agency and _______ hang over the play: is _______ the rightful master of the land? Will Ariel flutter free? And is Prospero the mighty overseer- or is there some deeper _____ at work, beyond any one character's _____?

Throughout the play, Ariel constantly reminds Prospero of the freedom he is owed. But the question lingers of whether the invader will be able to relinquish his grip. The question of ending one’s reign is particularly ______ given that The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare’s final play. In many ways Prospero’s actions echo that of the great ___________ him-self, who hatched elaborate plots, maneuvered those around him, and cast a _____ over characters and ________ alike.

Solution


  1. questions
  2. justice
  3. audience
  4. potent
  5. grasp
  6. spell
  7. magic
  8. entertainer
  9. caliban

Original Text


For these reasons and many more, The Tempest has often been read as an exploration of colonialism, and the moral dilemmas that come with en-counters of “brave new world(s)." Questions of agency and justice hang over the play: is Caliban the rightful master of the land? Will Ariel flutter free? And is Prospero the mighty overseer- or is there some deeper magic at work, beyond any one character's grasp?

Throughout the play, Ariel constantly reminds Prospero of the freedom he is owed. But the question lingers of whether the invader will be able to relinquish his grip. The question of ending one’s reign is particularly potent given that The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare’s final play. In many ways Prospero’s actions echo that of the great entertainer him-self, who hatched elaborate plots, maneuvered those around him, and cast a spell over characters and audience alike.

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Important Words


  1. actions
  2. agency
  3. alike
  4. ariel
  5. audience
  6. believed
  7. caliban
  8. cast
  9. characters
  10. colonialism
  11. constantly
  12. deeper
  13. dilemmas
  14. echo
  15. elaborate
  16. entertainer
  17. exploration
  18. final
  19. flutter
  20. free
  21. freedom
  22. grasp
  23. great
  24. grip
  25. hang
  26. hatched
  27. invader
  28. justice
  29. land
  30. lingers
  31. magic
  32. maneuvered
  33. master
  34. mighty
  35. moral
  36. owed
  37. play
  38. plots
  39. potent
  40. prospero
  41. question
  42. questions
  43. read
  44. reasons
  45. reign
  46. relinquish
  47. reminds
  48. rightful
  49. spell
  50. tempest
  51. ways
  52. work
  53. world