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Illusions In The Tempest

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What are illusions? An illusion is a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly Aware of or interpreted by the senses. Illusions are about a distortion of the senses revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Illusions are unique art’s of things that you can’t see or notice ...in reality, it’s fake. Illusions are basically magical in your eyes...Illusions may look like they are there but in real life nothing 's there. I think illusions are good for you because ,If we didn’t have illusions we wouldn’t be believing in stuff we think is real life, like leprechauns or Santa clause . Illusions are magical and very fun to look at but you might have to look at the illusion very closely to see what the image is really …show more content…

The tempest is filled with all types of illusions and magical things , Illusions are basically magic that’s shown in a picture or Video.The Tempest itself is just an illusion ,” Act 1 The people on the ship was tricked into thinking they were going to drown”...Act 2 ”The people on board doesn’t know about prospero schemes”. Act 3“The people seems to think the king is strong but the king seems to have internal problems”. Another thing in the tempest about illusion is when everybody. Act 4 ” falls asleep mysteriously at the party except Antonio & Sebastian” . Also in Act 5 ” trinculo believes caliban (the slave of prospero) is a fish-man”. The tempest is filled with all types of illusions and magical things , Illusions are basically magic that’s shown in a picture or Video. The Tempest itself is just an illusion ,” Act 1 The people on the ship was tricked into thinking they were going to drown”...Act 2 ”The people on board doesn’t know about prospero schemes”. Act 3“The people seems to think the king is strong but the king seems to have internal problems”. Another thing in the tempest about illusion is when everybody. Act 4 ”

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