"also appears in Act Three to foil Caliban's plot to turn the sailors against Prospero and murder him. Later in the same act, he appears with a clap of thunder and rebukes those who were involved in the plot to banish Prospero to the island, displaying his fearful power to the men. He is later called on to gather the spirits of the island before Miranda and Ferdinand, and to bring Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban before Prospero for judgement. In the final act, Ariel releases the prisoners of Prospero and awakens what is left of the crew of the ship"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"his daughter, Cleopatra Thea (not the famous Cleopatra of Shakespeare and Handel's opera ""Giulio Cesare""). The two fall in love. Act 2 Alexander and Cleopatra are married. Alexander is led to believe by a messenger that Jonathan plans to betray him after winning his friendship. It is then revealed that Ptolemee only arranged Alexander and Cleopatra's marriage to take Alexander's land and power. He plans to move his troops into Syria under the cover of nightfall to kidnap and kill the young leader. Act 3 Cleopatra is kidnapped by Ptolemee’s ruffians and he intends to force her to marry another"
"exorcised and sent to Paris, to be left on the foundling bed at Notre-Dame. Fifteen years later, Agnes—now named La Esmeralda, in reference to the paste emerald she wears around her neck—is living happily amongst the Gypsies in Paris. She serves as a public dancer. Her pet goat Djali also performs counting tricks with a tambourine, an act later used as courtroom evidence that Esmeralda is a witch. Claude Frollo sends his adopted son Quasimodo to kidnap Esmeralda from the streets. Esmeralda is rescued by Captain Phoebus, with whom she instantly falls in love to the point of obsession. Later"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, never seeing a man again or marrying Demetrius, she and Lysander run away into the forest. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena."
"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"
"End's Well"". Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena is a fictional character and one of the four young lovers – Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena – featured in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". She is the daughter of Nedar, and a friend of Hermia (with whom she often compares herself). Prior to the play's beginning, she is betrothed to the nobleman Demetrius but is jilted when his affections turn to Hermia. Despite this, Helena's abiding love for Demetrius remains consistent throughout the play. Hermia and her suitor, Lysander, confide in Helena that they plan to elope. In the"
"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"
"was portrayed by actress Shraddha Kapoor. Ophelia has been a frequent subject in artwork, often in a Romantic or Classical style, as the images on this page show. Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ""Hamlet"". She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. As with virtually all ""Hamlet"" characters, Ophelia's name is not Danish. It first appeared in Jacopo Sannazaro's 1504 poem ""Arcadia"" (as ""Ofelia""), probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (""ōphéleia"", ""help""). In Ophelia's first speaking appearance in the play, she is seen"
"of Sveno (Gustavo's son) and swearing vengeance upon Faramondo (King of the Franks), by whose hands Sveno was slain. Into this tense situation comes the captured Princess Clotilde (sister to Faramondo), whom Adolfo loves – and it is only by his pleading for her that Clotilde is not slain. Once the two young lovers are left alone, Clotilde extracts a promise from Adolfo to change his allegiance to her brother Faramondo, for love of her. Immediately after, Gustavo's daughter Rosimonda finds her quarters invaded by Frankish soldiers, including Faramondo. As can only be expected in a Handelian opera, Faramondo is"
"to be readily manipulated first by her father and then Ferdinand. However, various critics argue that those same ""feminine"" traits enable her to be a strong female presence with important effects on the play's outcome. Throughout the course of the play, Miranda acts as a foil to Prospero's more violent instincts and serves as a sounding board to move the play's plot further. She is also a central figure in her father's revenge, enabling Prospero to gain political prestige through her marriage to the Prince of Naples, Ferdinand. Furthermore, while Miranda is very much subservient to Prospero's power, some critics"
"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"
"Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena is a fictional character and one of the four young lovers – Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena – featured in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". She is the daughter of Nedar, and a friend of Hermia (with whom she often compares herself). Prior to the play's beginning, she is betrothed to the nobleman Demetrius but is jilted when his affections turn to Hermia. Despite this, Helena's abiding love for Demetrius remains consistent throughout the play. Hermia and her suitor, Lysander, confide in Helena that they plan to elope. In the hopes that"
"theme is inconstancy, particularly as manifested in Proteus, whose very name hints at his changeable mind (in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"", Proteus is a sea-god forever changing its shape). At the start of the play, Proteus has only eyes for Julia. However, upon meeting Silvia, he immediately falls in love with her (although he has no idea why). He then finds himself drawn to the page Sebastian (Julia in disguise) whilst still trying to woo Silvia, and at the end of the play, he announces that Silvia is no better than Julia and vows he now loves Julia again. Indeed, Proteus himself"
"of being a bastard ""got by the devil himself / Upon thy wicked dam."" In ""The Tempest"", Shakespeare presents two powerful sorcerers, Prospero and Sycorax, who have both controlled the island. Initially it appears that the two characters are a contrasting pair: the benevolent Prospero and the rapacious Sycorax. However, upon closer analysis, the differences between the two characters disappear and the similarities grow. For example, Prospero, like Sycorax, coerces Ariel into doing his bidding, using the sprite to regain his inheritance as a Duke, and tortures Caliban with magic the way Sycorax tortured Ariel. Also, both Prospero and Sycorax"
"Eventually, the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia. Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, never seeing a man again or marrying Demetrius, she and Lysander run away into the forest. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being"
"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"
"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"
"until the sequence ends with Flora alone with Dov. Dov comforts Flora by encouraging her to sing, and she performs ""Die liebe Farbe"" from Schubert's ""Die schöne Müllerin"". Dov responds with the song that would later form the first part of the ""Songs for Dov"" cycle. The act ends on Mel's re-entry. Mangus declares that his production of ""The Tempest"" has begun: ""This garden is now an island,"" and the characters obligingly play out the roles Mangus assigns them. In addition to Mel and Dov as Caliban and Ariel, Faber becomes Ferdinand, Flora becomes Miranda, and Mangus is Prospero. Thea"
"warrior Diomedes. This love triangle would be the central subject of a number of later works. In the ""Roman"", the daughter of Calchas is called Briseida, but she is better known under a different name, becoming Criseida in Boccaccio's , Criseyde in Chaucer, Cresseid in Robert Henryson's ""The Testament of Cresseid"", and ultimately Cressida in Shakespeare's ""Troilus and Cressida"". The dedication of the poem, to a ""riche dame de riche rei"", generally believed to be Eleanor of Aquitaine, consort of Henry II, is buried deep within it, interpolated in the narrative. It serves to date the poem to the years"
"""Metamorphoses"" is used within the play to enable Titus to interpret his daughter's story. Most of Prospero's renunciative speech in Act V of ""The Tempest"" is taken word-for-word from a speech by Medea in Book VII of the ""Metamorphoses"". Among other English writers for whom the ""Metamorphoses"" was an inspiration are John Milton—who made use of it in ""Paradise Lost"", considered his ""magnum opus"", and evidently knew it well—and Edmund Spenser. In Europe, the poem was an influence on Giovanni Boccaccio (the story of Pyramus and Thisbe appears in his poem ""L'Amorosa Fiammetta"") and Dante. During the Renaissance and Baroque"
"first sight for Crispus. Constantine notices her and wonders about the female prisoner; Crispus explains that she is the daughter of a prince and declares his love for her. Fausta is stunned by the development and the Emperor tells Beroe to come forward; she declares her love and Constantine tells her that he is going to marry them that very day. Fausta is devastated by the announcement and tells her husband that the wedding will have to be set for the following day because the goddess Vesta so requires. Licinia and those attending the event rejoice. After the jubilation, everyone"