"Uranus system, both the irregular moon and the Mirandan crater (located at the Prime Meridian near the equator) are named for the character. Ferdinand (The Tempest) Ferdinand is the prince of Naples and the son of Alonso, the King of Naples, in Shakespeare's play, ""The Tempest"". He falls in love with Miranda. He is quick to promise the title of queen and wife to Miranda even though he doesn't know her name. He is happy in humble labours, blinded by love. He makes a solemn vow to be truthful to Prospero, and not to violate Miranda's chastity before their wedding."
"the adaptation, Prospera is the daughter of the Duke. She is ""more overtly wronged"" than Prospero; when the duke dies, Prospera's brother Antonio (played by Chris Cooper) accuses her of killing him with witchcraft. Antonio makes the accusation to be rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said, ""She had her whole life taken away from her because she was a woman."" Prospera wants to prevent the same thing from happening to her daughter. Principal photography took place around volcanic areas of the big island of Hawaii and Lanai. ""The Tempest"" premiered at the Venice Film Festival on"
"the song ""The Island/Come and See"" which references Sycorax in the line ""its contents watched by Sycorax / and Patagon in parallax"". Sycorax Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"" (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded. According to the backstory provided by the play, Sycorax, while pregnant with Caliban, was banished from her home in Algiers to the island on which the play takes place. Memories of Sycorax, who dies"
"Sycorax Sycorax is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"" (1611). She is a vicious and powerful witch and the mother of Caliban, one of the few native inhabitants of the island on which Prospero, the hero of the play, is stranded. According to the backstory provided by the play, Sycorax, while pregnant with Caliban, was banished from her home in Algiers to the island on which the play takes place. Memories of Sycorax, who dies several years before the main action of the play begins, define several of the relationships in the play. Relying on his filial"
"L. Jagi Lamplighter L. Jagi Lamplighter is an American fantasy writer. Lamplighter graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. She is married to fellow author John C. Wright, and has four children. Lamplighter's first three published novels form the ""Prospero's Daughter"" trilogy, whose narrator Miranda is the daughter of the magician Prospero from Shakespeare's ""The Tempest."" Set in the present day, it portrays Miranda and her siblings attempting to rescue their father from a Hell similar to Dante's Inferno. The trilogy received favorable starred reviews in ""Publishers Weekly"", which called the third novel ""a satisfyingly epic combination of mythology,"
"""The Tempest"". The younger version of Sulu is taken to the bridge and pilots the ""Enterprise"" from the anomaly with seconds to spare, with Alana ceasing to exist as he does so. Back on the ""Excelsior"", Captain Sulu meets with the shuttle passengers in his ready room; his daughter Demora (Mimi Chong) and is introduced to his baby granddaughter, Alana. The plot of the episode has origins in the 1970s. Marc Scott Zicree was attending a Clarion Science Fiction Writer's Workshop, and afterwards completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While there, he saw that"
"were exiled from their respective homelands and both have children, which was possibly the reason why they were both spared being executed. The fine line between Sycorax's black magic and Prospero's white blurs even further during his renunciation of magic in Act V, a speech which has strong parallels to one given by the dark witch Medea in the ""Metamorphoses"". In comparing himself to Medea, Prospero is implicitly comparing himself to Sycorax. Emphasizing the relationship between Prospero and Sycorax demonstrates the ambiguity of Prospero's supposedly benevolent character. Sycorax has been described as the matriarchal figure of ""The Tempest"". Modernist authors"
"The Tempest (2010 film) The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. In this version, the gender of the main character, Prospero, is changed from male to female; the role was played by Helen Mirren. The film was directed by Julie Taymor and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2010. Although ""The Tempest"" received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, Sandy Powell received her ninth Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. The film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, is written and directed"
"asking Prospero to consider giving him independence. At the end of the play, Prospero grants Ariel his freedom, but retains control of the island and of Caliban. This is a notable departure from Shakespeare's version, in which Prospero leaves the island with his daughter and the men who were shipwrecked there at the beginning of the play. Une Tempête Une Tempête (""A tempest"") is a 1969 play by Aimé Césaire. It is an adaptation of Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"" from a postcolonial perspective. The play was first performed at the Festival d'Hammamet in Tunisia under the direction of Jean-Marie Serreau. It"
"Highlands. Three novels have been published: Lamplighter has published several fantasy short stories, including in the ""Bad Ass Faeries"" series of anthologies which she co-edits. L. Jagi Lamplighter L. Jagi Lamplighter is an American fantasy writer. Lamplighter graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. She is married to fellow author John C. Wright, and has four children. Lamplighter's first three published novels form the ""Prospero's Daughter"" trilogy, whose narrator Miranda is the daughter of the magician Prospero from Shakespeare's ""The Tempest."" Set in the present day, it portrays Miranda and her siblings attempting to rescue their father from a"
"seventh of a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Poe's works made by American International Pictures. On a mountain in medieval Italy, an old woman meets a mysterious red-cloaked figure, shuffling Tarot cards. The figure gives the woman a white rose, which then turns red and dappled with blood. Prince Prospero, a Satanist, visits the village over which he holds dominion, and is angrily confronted by two poor and starving villagers, Gino and Lodovico. Prospero sentences the pair to death, but Lodovico's daughter Francesca begs for their lives. Prospero discovers that the old woman who encountered the"
"film is also notable for its extensive use of nudity, reminiscent of Renaissance paintings of mythological characters. The nude actors and extras represent a cross-section of male and female humanity. ""Prospero's Books"" is a complex tale based upon William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"". Miranda, the daughter of Prospero, an exiled magician, falls in love with Ferdinand, the son of his enemy; while the sorcerer's sprite, Ariel, convinces him to abandon revenge against the traitors from his earlier life. In the film, Prospero stands in for Shakespeare himself, and is seen writing and speaking the story's action as it unfolds. Ariel is"
"them. William Shakespeare's 1610–11 play, ""The Tempest"", uses the idea of being stranded on a desert island as a pretext for the action of the play. Prospero and his daughter Miranda are set adrift by Prospero's treacherous brother Antonio, seeking to become Duke of Milan, and Prospero in turn shipwrecks his brother and other men of sin onto the island. A Latin translation of Ibn Tufail's ""Philosophus Autodidactus"" appeared in 1671, prepared by Edward Pococke the Younger, followed by an English translation by Simon Ockley in 1708, as well as German and Dutch translations. In the late 17th century, ""Philosophus"
"The Tempest (1979 film) The Tempest is a 1979 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Directed by Derek Jarman, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it also stars Toyah Willcox, Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd from Jarman's previous feature, ""Jubilee"" (1977), as well as his long-time cohort Karl Johnson. The magician Prospero tosses and turns in his sleep while a violent storm tosses a ship on the ocean. Prospero awakens with a start as lightning strikes the ship, and summons his servant, the spirit Ariel. Ariel tells Prospero the details of the storm, which was an illusion"
"Prospero and his daughter, Miranda. Caliban grows to hate Prospero's presence and power on the island, claiming that the land belongs to him since it was his mother's before Prospero appeared. Scholars have unearthed very few facts about Shakespeare's sources for Sycorax. In fact, other than her connection to the magical sorceresses Medea and Circe of Greek mythology, nothing conclusive has been proposed. Several competing linguistic theories have been put forth. Some scholars argue that her name may be a combination of the Greek ""sus"" (""pig"") and ""korax"" (""crow""). Another rough translation produces the phrase ""the Scythian raven"", an etymological"
"Perdita (The Winter's Tale) Perdita ( ) is one of the heroines of William Shakespeare's play ""The Winter's Tale"". She is the daughter of Leontes, King of Sicilia, and his wife Hermione. Perdita is born in prison, where her father has sent her mother because he wrongly believes she has been unfaithful to him. Paulina takes the baby to Leontes to try to convince him that it is his daughter, but he refuses to believe it. He thinks instead that she is the result of an affair between Hermione and Polixenes, King of Bohemia. He sends Antigonus to leave the"
"There is a deeper meaning in the painting as Rossetti stayed with Jane at Kelmscott Manor during the summer months each year and in winter she returned to stay with William Morris, thus paralleling Proserpine's freedom during summer. In Greek and Roman mythology, Proserpine daughter of Ceres, was carried off to the Underworld (Hades) by Pluto, who married her despite her love for Adonis. When Ceres begged Jupiter to return her daughter to Earth, he agreed, on condition that Proserpine had not eaten any fruits in Hades. As Proserpine had eaten six pomegranate seeds, it was decreed that she should"
"Taymor's vision, saying, ""In the scene that explains the circumstances of mother and daughter's banishment from the dukedom of Milan, Taymor has skillfully tweaked Shakespeare's lines to take account of her new scenario"", and praising the film's visual elements. Critical of Taymor, Whishaw's performance was praised by Taste of Cinema. The Tempest (2010 film) The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. In this version, the gender of the main character, Prospero, is changed from male to female; the role was played by Helen Mirren. The film was directed by"
"connection to Sycorax, Caliban claims ownership of the island. Prospero constantly reminds Ariel of Sycorax's cruel treatment to maintain the sprite's service. Scholars generally agree that Sycorax, a foil for Prospero, is closely related to the Medea of Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"". Postcolonialist writers and critics see Sycorax as giving voice to peoples, particularly women, recovering from the effects of colonisation. Later versions of ""The Tempest"", beginning with William Davenant's eighteenth-century adaptation, have given Sycorax a vocal role in the play, but maintained her image as a malevolent antagonist to Prospero. In ""The Tempest"", Prospero describes Sycorax as an ancient and foul"
"red figure is infected with a deadly plague, the Red Death. He orders the village burned down to prevent the spread of the disease, abducts Francesca and then sends out invitations to his castle to several dozen of the local nobility. At the castle, Francesca is finely dressed and tutored in etiquette by Prospero's jealous consort, Juliana, and the gathered nobility are entertained by a pair of dwarf dancers, Esmeralda and Hop-Toad. When Esmeralda accidentally knocks over a goblet of wine, one of Prospero's guests, Alfredo, strikes her. Juliana expresses her wish to Prospero to be initiated into his Satanic"
"The Tempest (Giorgione) The Tempest (Italian ""La Tempesta"") is a Renaissance painting by the Italian master Giorgione dated between 1506 and 1508. Originally commissioned by the Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin, the painting is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice, Italy. Despite considerable discussion by art historians, the meaning of the scene remains elusive. On the right a woman sits, suckling a baby. The woman has been described as a ""Gypsy"" since at least 1530, and in Italy, the painting is also known as ""La Zingara e il Soldato"" (""The Gypsy woman and the soldier""), or as ""La Zingarella e"
"unusual for ""the Miranda"" in a ""Tempest"" adaptation to die but points that this version of Miranda is neither a true daughter to her Prospero, nor even human. She is a creation who came to life and was intended to be an immortal companion to Flint. She finds Rayna's story to be similar to that of Galatea from Greek mythology. Galatea was a female statue who came to life and mated with her creator Pygmalion. Morse finds the depiction of the relationship between Flint and Rayna surprisingly innocent. Flint is Rayna's creator/father and her intended mate but there is not"
"she explored film noir movies but felt these stories did not have enough humanity or spirituality. When she read ""The Tempest"" she was inspired to recreate the shipwreck at the beginning of the play. In the first half of the show Prospero was the only dancer dressed in street clothes while the other dancers dressed in grey clothing and face masks. Prospero manipulated the other dancers as if they were robots. In the second half all of the dancers are dressed in street clothes and Prospero danced a duet or trio with each character, showcasing his relationship with them. Throughout"
"in ""Julius Caesar"" (2012) and the title role in ""Henry IV"" (2014), as well as playing Prospero in ""The Tempest"", as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016. Walter was born in London, England. She is the niece of renowned British actor Sir Christopher Lee, being the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee. On her father's side, she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, founder of ""The Times"". She was educated at the Cranborne Chase School. After turning down a university education, she was in turn rejected by five different drama schools before being admitted into the London"
"begins with the Narrator living on a remote Greek island with Nessim's illegitimate daughter from Melissa (now either four or six years old – marking the time that has elapsed since the events of Justine); however the tone is very dark and opposed to the light and airy reminiscence of Prospero's Cell – Durrell's travelogue-memoir of his life on Corfu. The prolonged nature-pieces, which are a highlight of Durrell's prose, still intervene between straight linear narrative – but are uniformly of askesis and alone-ness – and have a more pronounced ""prose-painting"" feel to them pre-figuring Clea. This section is given"
"temple of Ares in Sparta. While sailing through the Aegean Sea, a violent storm hits the ""Argo II"", which Percy and Jason discover to be caused by Kymopoleia, a daughter of Poseidon who is working with Polybotes. Jason convinces Kymopoleia to switch sides and they together kill Polybotes; in return, he swears to become a Pontifex Maximus after the war. After reaching Mykonos, Leo, Frank, and Hazel meet with Artemis and Apollo at Delos where, with Leo's offering, Apollo gives them the third ingredient, the cursed aster. He also reveals that his son Asclepius is able to make the cure"
"this version, deleting some of the stories from the first act, including Percy's poem ""Arethusa"", and rewrote individual lines. (She included ""Arethusa"" in her collection of ""Posthumous Poems"" of Percy Shelley in 1824.) Mary Shelley also added an ominous dream to the play, foreshadowing Proserpine's abduction. Her efforts to publish the play in these periodicals and journal entries written during the play's composition suggest that ""Proserpine"" was meant to be children's literature. Act I begins with Ceres leaving her daughter Proserpine in the protection of two nymphs, Ino and Eunoe, warning them not to wander. Proserpine asks Ino to tell"
"William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"", about Prospero's daughter Miranda and her friendship with the strange, feral boy Caliban. Jacqueline Carey Jacqueline A. Carey (born October 9, 1964) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction. Carey was born in Highland Park, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest College, both in the northern suburbs of Chicago. She received B.A. degrees in psychology and English literature in 1986. During college she spent 6 months working in a London bookstore as part of a work exchange program, where she decided to write professionally. After returning she started her writing career while working at the art"
"Proserpina Proserpina (; ) or Proserpine () is an ancient Roman goddess whose cult, myths and mysteries were combined from those of Libera, an early Roman goddess of wine, and the Greek Persephone and Demeter, goddesses of grain and agriculture. The originally Roman goddess Libera was daughter of the agricultural goddess Ceres and wife to Liber, god of wine and freedom. In 204 BC, a new ""greek-style"" cult to Ceres and Proserpina as ""Mother and Maiden"" was imported from southern Italy, along with Greek priestesses to serve it, and was installed in Libera and Ceres' temple on Rome's Aventine Hill."
"to reclaim her from the god of death. He finds it a strange and terrible place, and the afterlife a thing of unremitting horror, with every human being condemned to everlasting torment regardless of their conduct in life. Maddened and embittered by the failure of his quest, Evnos retires to a rocky island with his daughter to eke out his declining years. Schweitzer has identified his sources for the story as the Orpheus myth, Clark Ashton Smith's story ""The Isle of the Torturers,"" and William Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"" (describing the second half of the novel as ""the story of Prospero"
"closely follows that of Shakespeare's play, though Césaire emphasizes the importance of the people who inhabited the island before the arrival of Prospero and his daughter Miranda: Caliban and Ariel. Both have been enslaved by Prospero, though Caliban was the ruler of the island before Prospero's arrival. Caliban and Ariel react differently to their situation. Caliban favors revolution over Ariel's non-violence, and rejects his name as the imposition of Prospero's colonizing language, desiring to be called X. He complains stridently about his enslavement and regrets not being powerful enough to challenge the reign of Prospero. Ariel, meanwhile, contents himself with"
"it is revealed that Perdita is the princess of Sicilia. Perdita is reunited with her father and mother. She lived her life thinking she was one person and found out she was another. She only knew the life of a simple girl. Leontes and Polixines reconcile and both approve of Florizel and Perdita's marriage. It is assumed that Florizel and Perdita lived happily ever after. Perdita (The Winter's Tale) Perdita ( ) is one of the heroines of William Shakespeare's play ""The Winter's Tale"". She is the daughter of Leontes, King of Sicilia, and his wife Hermione. Perdita is born"
"the role. Mike Silverman of the Associated Press commented, ""Adès has made the role of the spirit Ariel a tour de force for coloratura soprano, giving her a vocal line that hovers much of the time well above high C."" Luca Lombardi's Prospero was premiered 2006 at Nuremberg Opera House. Ariel is sung by 4 female voices (S,S,MS,A) and has an instrumental alter ego on stage (flute). There is an instrumental alter ego (cello) also for Prospero. Choral settings of excerpts from ""The Tempest"" include Amy Beach's ""Come Unto These Yellow Sands"" (SSAA, from ""Three Shakespeare Songs""), Matthew Harris's ""Full"