Critics Quotes Flashcards
Ingham, M 2010
“ Perhaps in a few of his other plays did Shakespeare create a closer relationship between the human and the natural universes.”
Bowen, N 2007
“Traditional interpretations of the tempest have often seen the play as obliquely criticising King James; advising him on Good Governance.”
Sanchez, M 2008
“Miranda’s isolation is neither inconsequential more entire… she is the touchstone of women.”
Findlay, A 2010
“Her innocence recalls pre-lapsarian equality… although that depends on her subjection”
Hebron, M 2011
“Several scholars have argued that Prospero is a magus using his powers for the greater good not for personal gain.”
Colin McGinn 2006
Ariel is “the creative spirit in the artist.”
‘A notable anxiety of attention…that his intended audience will not be interested in what he has to say”
Frank Kermode 2000
Ariel is “expressly not human”
Jonathan Miller (production in 1970s)
“It is hard to recover a sympathetic Prospero.”
Gayley
Shakespeare supported such vaguely defined colonial ideals as independence, freedom and a sense of obligation to society
Bullough
“he was not writing a didactic work, nevertheless, approval if the Virginia company’s aims seem to be applied.”
Marxist Critic
Prospero was failing in his responsibilities and only has himself to blame
John Dryden
“his language is as hobgoblin as his person.”
Phillip Allan
“Shakespeare dramatises the handover of power from one generation to the next.”
