Shakespeare’s romance The Tempest along with many other works of that time help represent the arts and drama which were large parts of the Elizabethan Renaissance. Queen Elizabeth I made many of changes and influenced all England and also much of the world during her reign. She was Queen of England for forty-five years, 1558-1603 and her reign signifies tremendous political power and unparalleled achievement, so it is only appropriate that the second half of the sixteenth century was named after her. She is often considered the greatest monarch to sit on the English throne and it just so happens that her reign coincided with the English Renaissance (rebirth of the arts). She was extremely well educated and had many intellectual interests out side of the castle, because of this and her support, some of the best literature and drama was written while she was in power. She herself wrote both poetry and music and was a big supporter of the local playhouses such as The Globe. Commerce, industry, and the arts flourished while she was in power and because of her great support. She enjoyed the plays and sonnets of such great writers as William Shakespeare whose plays are virtually icons of the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare was very
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These are a few of Miranda’s very first lines of the play and immediately she appears to be a compassionate and concerning person. She does not even know that Ariel exists. Miranda says, "O, I have suffered/ With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel. She knows Ferdinand is being mistreated, and it bothers her to see that because she knows she cannot stop it therefore she will make it easier by trying to help him with his work. Once the travelers of that ship reached the island that is where everyone stayed for the remainder of the play. The influence and fascination that Shakespeare had with Roman history is obvious through many of the histories he wrote about classic historical Roman characters (Glatzer,13). The storm that the play was named after was the product of magic. From the opening scene of the play, this story deals with magic. Another example of the magic on the island and in the story is when Prospero abruptly stops the masque because he remembers that Caliban has convinced his drunken leaders to try and kill him. " These are not natural events,/ They strengthen from strange to stranger" (5,1. She also has no idea about Ariel because whenever Prospero and Ariel meet to discuss what they plan on doing next, they will usually use magic to cast a spell and put her asleep or they will meet out of her presence. The story began with the tempest wrecking the ship at sea right of the shore of the island. Without Gonzalo’s selfless acts Miranda and Prospero would have surely met their doom. She does have a feeling of her father’s powers but she is not definite of what exactly is going on which she reveals in the first few lines of her first dialogue.
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