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Shakespeare's The Tempest 11 Closing Lines 38 Views
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Thank you We sneak in Shakespeare's plays the tempest Closing
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lines Kailash shmoop what becomes of prospero and his magical
- 00:15
powers Prospero is why they come back into his dukedom
- 00:19
right He wins the game he's He is going be
- 00:21
restored to his rightful place Yes and kind of in
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exchange for that he's Not really going to do magic
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anymore So prospero basically decides that this is it This
- 00:33
is his final magic act is a way of returning
- 00:36
tio ordinary social order How do prospero opening lines relate
- 00:42
to shakespeare himself The closing scene of this play is
- 00:46
prospero directly addressing the audience and basically saying this world
- 00:51
has come to an end His play has come to
- 00:53
a close i am putting down my magic and you
- 00:56
as an audience now have the ability to set me
- 00:59
free to take me off of the island and put
- 01:02
me back into real life That's another moment where this
- 01:05
place seems to explicitly be shakespeares goodbye to playwriting prosperi
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saying i'm done creating magic world's Likewise shakespeare say this
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is the end I've created a magical world for you
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my audience and if we can all agree that it's
- 01:22
over you with your applause can set new writer free
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What becomes a prospero and his magical powers How do 00:01:34.439 --> [endTime] prospero opening lines relate to shakespeare himself Oh yeah
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