THE
TEMPEST!
AN ANALYSIS.
, v Shakespeare's Influences.
v The Title.
Contents on v A Summary.
this v Character Analysis.
Slideshow v Themes.
v Symbols.
v Analysis of Acts & Scenes.
,SHAKESPEARE’S INFLUENCES.
SHIPWRECK IN BERMUDA OVID AND VIRGIL
o Shakespeare's imagination was inspired by the o The influence of Ovid's Metamorphoses is
shipwreck described in William Strachey's letter of particularly evident in Prospero's description of his
1610. In the same year, Sylvester Jourdain magical accomplishments at the beginning of Act
published A Discovery of the Bermuda's. Jourdain 5. Arthur Golding had published his English
had been with Strachey on the ship as it was driven translation of the Metamorphoses in 1567 and
off-course and shipwrecked in Bermuda, and his there are many close verbal parallels between his
account exerted its influence on Shakespeare too. translation of the witch Medea's celebration of her
magic powers and that of Prospero.
, An allegorical representation of European
Colonialism?
Michel de Montaigne
o Of the many sources that exerted an influence on The Colonization
Tempest, the most significant is Michel de Montaigne’s “Of o A possible allegory of liberation as
the Cannibals,” which Shakespeare would have read in insurgent Caliban speaks for the
John Florio’s English translation from 1603. Montaigne colonized people.
(1533–1593) was a French statesman and philosopher o Relationship between ruler and ruled
whose essays influenced European literature and – power dynamic Ariel and Prospero
philosophy from the time of his death through the and Caliban , Caliban and Prospero?
nineteenth century. In “Of the Cannibals,” Montaigne o Enslavement of Ariel and Caliban – a
discusses the apparent opposition between primitive and parallel to English colonization?
civilized societies.
TEMPEST!
AN ANALYSIS.
, v Shakespeare's Influences.
v The Title.
Contents on v A Summary.
this v Character Analysis.
Slideshow v Themes.
v Symbols.
v Analysis of Acts & Scenes.
,SHAKESPEARE’S INFLUENCES.
SHIPWRECK IN BERMUDA OVID AND VIRGIL
o Shakespeare's imagination was inspired by the o The influence of Ovid's Metamorphoses is
shipwreck described in William Strachey's letter of particularly evident in Prospero's description of his
1610. In the same year, Sylvester Jourdain magical accomplishments at the beginning of Act
published A Discovery of the Bermuda's. Jourdain 5. Arthur Golding had published his English
had been with Strachey on the ship as it was driven translation of the Metamorphoses in 1567 and
off-course and shipwrecked in Bermuda, and his there are many close verbal parallels between his
account exerted its influence on Shakespeare too. translation of the witch Medea's celebration of her
magic powers and that of Prospero.
, An allegorical representation of European
Colonialism?
Michel de Montaigne
o Of the many sources that exerted an influence on The Colonization
Tempest, the most significant is Michel de Montaigne’s “Of o A possible allegory of liberation as
the Cannibals,” which Shakespeare would have read in insurgent Caliban speaks for the
John Florio’s English translation from 1603. Montaigne colonized people.
(1533–1593) was a French statesman and philosopher o Relationship between ruler and ruled
whose essays influenced European literature and – power dynamic Ariel and Prospero
philosophy from the time of his death through the and Caliban , Caliban and Prospero?
nineteenth century. In “Of the Cannibals,” Montaigne o Enslavement of Ariel and Caliban – a
discusses the apparent opposition between primitive and parallel to English colonization?
civilized societies.
