5.1 Dramatic Reading of Shakespeare's The Tempest
March 19, 2007
MP3 Audio: 5.1 Dramatic Reading of William Shakespeare's The Tempest (22.07mb) Download
By: Dr. Greg Martin visit website
Genre: Speech
Tags: Shakespeare The Tempest
The end of our adventure is upon us. Prospero's "project�gather(s) to a head"�(5.1.1). The audience watches each group of wanderers come back into the fray, into the circle Prospero weaves�on the stage, and the last, great spectacle, the wonderful vision of the island is Miranda and Ferdinand playing at chess.
What might this mean? symbolize?
Think about how each of the following features of his project is resolved:
Mercy/revenge
Union or Unity (Harmony; natural peace) / Division (Chaos; storms and tempests)�
Individual Flaws and Errors (his, Caliban's, et al.) / Political, Communal, Social flaws (flaws in "the system")
Freedom vs. Restraint (all characters must make sense of the limits of their "freedom," but the scene tends to focus on Ariel and Caliban, though even Prospero asks to be freed at the end of the play)
Art/Magic and its role in civilizing people (all of the characters) and the world (Ariel/Air?)
Please consider how much Prospero himself learns through this process. What does he mean by "every third thought"?
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Not quite sure why, but I don't think this website is loading properly, at least not on my computer. The different chapters seem to be out of order.
Are you going to keep reading? What is the next play you have in mind?
Thank you very much for making these podcasts. Shakespeare's language is really beautiful (even if I can't understand it completely), and I love listening to it over-and-over again. Your reading is great as well. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Have you thought of putting your podcasts on Internet Archive or LibriVox? They have King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and King Richard II. Your podcasts would make great additions to their collection.
And one last thing, it might seem a bit awful of me to say so, but I prefer listening to one person's interpretation of Shakespeare at a time. Sometimes when different people's interpretations differ, the result is a bit ... distracting.
Thank you again, and hope to see the next podcast soon!
June 15, 2007