Thursday, November 19, 2015

The Tempest

The first play that Steven Marx dealt with was The Tempest.  The 'Tempest' has a tremendous amount of biblical source.
In particular 'The Tempest' is related to 'Genesis', especially the 'Beginning':
"1n the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.


And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 
God saw that the light was good,and he separated the light from the darkness. 
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day."

In 'The Tempest' Prospero (which relates to Prosperity):

From wiki:


In it, Prospero states his loss (magic) and his continuing imprisonment if the audience is not pleased. Many feel that since The Tempest was the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone, Prospero's feelings echo Shakespeare's own, or perhaps may even have been his "retirement speech"

Also from Wiki:



The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where the sorcererProspero, rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.







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