The Tempest: Magic
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The Tempest, written in 1611, was one of William Shakespeare's last
plays. It has a combination of superb characters, interesting settings, and a
good plot line—all held together by the running theme of magic, and its ever-
present importance. A closer examination of the magic in The Tempest, and ....
Middle of paper
.... to actually hypothesize about the
methods of these so-called witches. It contained one chapter of approximately
twenty pages describing what we might view as unsophisticated, old-time magic
tricks.
One would assume that it was this text, and texts succeeding this (The
Art of Juggling, written by Samuel Ridd in 1610 also presented a few how-to's of
magic) were probably not only what suggested the idea of using magic as a them
to Shakespeare, but in addition, provided methods as to how the mag ....
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