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Literary Analysis Of The Tempest

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1. Introduction:- The TEMPEST is one of the most original and perfect of Shakespeare 's productions, and he has shown in it all the variety of his powers. It is full of grace and grandeur. The human and imaginary characters, the dramatic and the grotesque, are blended together with the greatest art, and without any appearance of it. Though he has here given "to airy nothing a local habitation and a name," yet that part which is only the fantastic creation of his mind, has the same palpable texture, and coheres "semblably" with the rest.(The tempest Characters Analysis) “Romance “was not a widespread classification in Shakespeare’s era. The modern term ( romance ) refers to a new kind of play that is a mixture of comic and tragic …show more content…

The Masque in the Tempest: In Act IV, Scene (1) the romantic sub – plot of the love of Ferdinand and Miranda develops further when Prospero, feeling fully satisfied with Ferdinand 's conduct, agrees to the marriage of the lovers, and when Prospero arranges a masque for the entertainment of the lovers who are now supposed to be betrothed …show more content…

These words may be used in a complimentary or commendatory sense but they are also used in a disparaging and depreciatory sense. However, speaking broadly, romance has a close connection with imagination and the emotions. Anything fanciful and anything removed from reality is romantic; and anything, which stirs, excites, or stimulates the emotions, is romantic too. Thus, romance covers the marvelous, the supernatural, and the improbable; and it covers love and affection of a deep or intense kind. But the range of meaning conveyed by romance is very wide indeed, though every meaning has an intimate relation with either the imagination or the emotions. The writers of romance delight in the marvelous. Quite often this involves the supernatural; and furthermore, the characters in a romance are larger than life – size. In a romance, the story and the happenings are mostly unrealistic; the logic of cause and effect is ignored; and chance or fortune governs the whole action. In Shakespearean drama, romance frequently includes the separation and disruption of families, followed by their eventual reunion and reconciliation; the love of a virtuous young heroine and a brave, handsome

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