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Argh... christ The Tempest is boring. Shame on you, William. Here are some of the techniques showing the imag. journey I identified in an assessment task...it's fairly colloquial because it was from an interview.
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-It is generally considered a straightforward tale of revenge; however, the imaginative journey within runs much deeper. The Tempest is actually Shakespeare’s last completed composition, and was written at a time in which the geographical perspectives of the Western world were being expanded. The Pacific and the Atlantic oceans were being more thoroughly explored than ever before, and, of course, the Renaissance was occurring.
The interaction between the composer and his audience really completes the journey and is one of the key factors of the imaginative journey. In regards to The Tempest, the journey is not just that of Shakespeare or the characters he has conjured. The audience uses their imaginations to consider the island and its metaphorical significance. Shakespeare’s tendency to omit directional details lends to the language of the characters becoming a tool in which the ‘other world’ is created in the audience’s imagination. The language is general realistic, in contrast to the illusions of the imaginative world; vulgarity is a language technique particularly utilised with the ‘other’, Caliban, emphasising the degradation of humanity and the entrapment between the two worlds.
The island in The Tempest is supremely important to the imaginative journey of both playwright and audience, as a physical magical place, and an ultimate symbol of the split within the characters psyche, particularly Caliban and Prospero. The other reason that the island is so critical to the construction of the imaginative journey is its magical elements - the Renaissance signified the return to the mystic and to life’s creative joys. The magic is an important feature of Prospero’s characterisation. As he plays such a role in directing the events of The Tempest and, in that sense, directing our imagination, his sorcery further distances him from reality, places him on a higher level if you will, leaving the remaining characters of the play to travel on the imaginative journey that he has dictated for them. The metaphor is a key technique which Shakespeare utilises to create his imaginative journey; magic also symbolises Prospero’s lust for vengeance, and it is only when he makes peace with his brother that he is able to discard his sorcery, saying “Now my charms are all o’thrown”. Shakespeare obviously linked music to the more mystical aspects of life, as it only occurs in The Tempest when linked to unnatural happenings, such as when Prospero causes the tempest itself, whilst ‘solemn and strange music’ plays.-
some of that might not read right because i couldn't be bothered thoroughly editing it for here, but oh well.
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-It is generally considered a straightforward tale of revenge; however, the imaginative journey within runs much deeper. The Tempest is actually Shakespeare’s last completed composition, and was written at a time in which the geographical perspectives of the Western world were being expanded. The Pacific and the Atlantic oceans were being more thoroughly explored than ever before, and, of course, the Renaissance was occurring.
The interaction between the composer and his audience really completes the journey and is one of the key factors of the imaginative journey. In regards to The Tempest, the journey is not just that of Shakespeare or the characters he has conjured. The audience uses their imaginations to consider the island and its metaphorical significance. Shakespeare’s tendency to omit directional details lends to the language of the characters becoming a tool in which the ‘other world’ is created in the audience’s imagination. The language is general realistic, in contrast to the illusions of the imaginative world; vulgarity is a language technique particularly utilised with the ‘other’, Caliban, emphasising the degradation of humanity and the entrapment between the two worlds.
The island in The Tempest is supremely important to the imaginative journey of both playwright and audience, as a physical magical place, and an ultimate symbol of the split within the characters psyche, particularly Caliban and Prospero. The other reason that the island is so critical to the construction of the imaginative journey is its magical elements - the Renaissance signified the return to the mystic and to life’s creative joys. The magic is an important feature of Prospero’s characterisation. As he plays such a role in directing the events of The Tempest and, in that sense, directing our imagination, his sorcery further distances him from reality, places him on a higher level if you will, leaving the remaining characters of the play to travel on the imaginative journey that he has dictated for them. The metaphor is a key technique which Shakespeare utilises to create his imaginative journey; magic also symbolises Prospero’s lust for vengeance, and it is only when he makes peace with his brother that he is able to discard his sorcery, saying “Now my charms are all o’thrown”. Shakespeare obviously linked music to the more mystical aspects of life, as it only occurs in The Tempest when linked to unnatural happenings, such as when Prospero causes the tempest itself, whilst ‘solemn and strange music’ plays.-
some of that might not read right because i couldn't be bothered thoroughly editing it for here, but oh well.
my head is going to explode with all the quotes i have to know about the stimulus book and my own texts plus remembering all the techniques i am so over it!!!! and they only just begun!!!
