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Sycorax is Caliban's mother.She is from Alger nd she was the one who...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:23:09 PST

Sycorax is Caliban's mother.She is from Alger nd she was the one who punished Ariel for not carrying our her orders. Prospero and Miranda lived in a cell on the island. Prospero used his art of magic to get the spirits of the isle to obey him, and also to set Ariel free from boundage by Sycorax. Prospero,a master planner, uses his art of magic to get his enemies closer to him.

Explain the conflict in The Tempest

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:08:08 PST

Explain the conflict in The Tempest

Ohh thank you for that we love you shakespear and you are a lovely lady...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:09:14 PST

Ohh thank you for that we love you shakespear and you are a lovely lady fairy dust ie annonamos shakespears friends,

hello. god eving to the world. how is life going. right, from my point...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:02:46 PST

hello. god eving to the world. how is life going. right, from my point of veiw- she was 88 i know becuase i am shakespears friend. he told me about it. he is sitting with me right now, he said hello world. -i love you, and thanks for the fans. (L)(L) please do not take an affence to this coment. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No that is not true, she was 79 when she started doing the play

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:52:04 PST

No that is not true, she was 79 when she started doing the play

The spirit Ariel is the cause of any unusual music in the play, for...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:48:53 PST

The spirit Ariel is the cause of any unusual music in the play, for example in Act 3/ Scene 2 when Ariel plays his flute as Caliban convinces Stephano and Trinculo to assassinate Prospero and take over the island. I don't think a particular song relates to anything much but the music that Ariel plays throughout in general could be related to certain themes. Music relates to themes of reality - what we percieve to be real. Ariel plays it...

How does the island function as a laboratory for testing human nature?...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:14:09 PST

How does the island function as a laboratory for testing human nature? For prospero? For shakespeare?

To what extent did shakespeare base the tempest around his own life and...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:04:56 PST

To what extent did shakespeare base the tempest around his own life and Prospero around him?

In Act I Sc.2 Prospero narrates to his daughter Miranda how his wicked...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:31:44 PST

In Act I Sc.2 Prospero narrates to his daughter Miranda how his wicked brother Antonio usurped his dukedom. Miranda interrupts her father's account by asking him why her uncle Antonio did not kill them both straightaway, "Wherefore did they notThat hour destroy us?" Immediately, Prospero replies that Antonio and his accomplices feared public opinion because all the people of Milan loved and respected him and would not have tolerated their...

In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, what was Gonzalo's role in the...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:24:53 PST

In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, what was Gonzalo's role in the overthrow of Prospero, besides giving Prospero and his daughter food?

What was Gonzalo's part in the overthrow of Prospero?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:36 PST

What was Gonzalo's part in the overthrow of Prospero?

Where is there music? What functions does it have in the play? How can...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:15:12 PST

Where is there music? What functions does it have in the play? How can music be related to the themes? What role/meaning does a particular song have?

The importance of themes like "patriarchs and rulers",political...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:43:37 PST

The importance of themes like "patriarchs and rulers",political legitimacy,usurpation,hierarchy,struggle for power in Act II Of the Tempest!!!

In the book The tempest, List all the quotes that relates to "magic"....

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:10 PST

In the book The tempest, List all the quotes that relates to "magic". (Only in Act I) explain the quote and tell me te line

Describe the cave in "the tempest". What did Prospero do to the...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:37:53 PST

Describe the cave in "the tempest". What did Prospero do to the good spirits on his arrival in the island? Who was Caliban?

After Prospero and Miranda were set afloat on the Mediterranean Sea by...

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:12:56 PST

After Prospero and Miranda were set afloat on the Mediterranean Sea by Antonio and his men, they finally arrive safely on an island and set up home in a small cave or "cell." When Prospero was the Duke of Milan he spent most of his time in studying the magical arts. When he and his daughter Miranda were left to die on ill furnished boat, Gonzalo their trusted friend packed the boat with many of Prospero's prized books. It is with the help of...

Where did Prospero and Miranda live? How was the art of magic useful...

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:06:08 PST

Where did Prospero and Miranda live? How was the art of magic useful for Prospero? Who was Sycorax?

relationship between prespero and ariel

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:18:47 PST

relationship between prespero and ariel

you are caliban,describe how ariel toments you.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:45:44 PST

you are caliban,describe how ariel toments you.

How does the issue of responsibility for one's community come up in The...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:38:44 PST

How does the issue of responsibility for one's community come up in The Tempest?