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Shakespodospheare|3.3 Dramatic Reading of Shakespeare's The Tempest Episode
3.3 Dramatic Reading of Shakespeare's The TempestBy Dr. Greg MartinGenre: SpeechTags: Shakespeare The TempestDownload : MP3 AudioI commonly refer to this scene as "The Banquet scene." The scene opens with the royal party wandering about the island, Alonso in a nearly complete state of despair about his theoretically dead child. If he is nearly desparate at the beginning of the scene, after being tempted by the banquet, scolded�by Ariel (as a harpy), and deprived of the banquet, he exits in a complete state of despair. In the Renaissance, despair was considered the worst of sins; it implied a complete loss of hope (from the Latin for " to lose hope"). In fact, to be desperate meant that one felt God could not save him/her, and it was often followed by suicide. Alonso says at the end of the scene that he will go off to bed himself in the ooze with his son--suicide.
Consider�how Prospero uses theatrical effects to work his magic on the wedding party, bringing Alonso to despair, allowing�Sebastian and Antonio to plan an ill-fated coup, and Gonzalo to shine.
Ultimately, why is it a�banquet? Is it some kind of metaphor Shakespeare is using?
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[ Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:54:09 GMT ]
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