The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0756 Thursday, 31 August 2006
[1] From: TJ Sellari <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 23:02:23 +0800
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
[2] From: Larry Weiss <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 13:19:22 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
[3] From: Nabie Swaray <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 16:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
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From: TJ Sellari <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 23:02:23 +0800
Subject: 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Joe Egert writes:
>But, my dear Swaray, isn't Caliban what Prospero wants to be?
What do you contend Prospero wants to be? What is Caliban? I suspect
only vague or unjustifiably narrow answers to these questions will allow
a positive answer to the one above.
Tom Sellari
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From: Larry Weiss <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 13:19:22 -0400
Subject: 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Joe Egert asks,
>isn't Caliban what Prospero wants to be?
I assume he means "Wasn't Caliban what Prospero wanted to be before he
was educated," that is, did Prospero crave existence in the state of
nature. I think the answer is most assuredly not. It seems to me that
Prospero is the quintessential inward man, most content to read and
reflect (e.g., "I lov'd my books") and not inclined to forage. An
uneducated savage in the state of nature would not be what he sought to
emulate.
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From: Nabie Swaray <
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Date: Tuesday, 29 Aug 2006 16:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0748 My Reading of "The Tempest"
Hello Mr. Egert: Thanks for responding to my last reflection on: My
Reading of "The Tempest." I meant to say natural and man-made disasters.
That is the only correction I will make. As far as my reinterpreting
Shakespeare's "The Tempest," I stick to my opinion and my adaptations
will force others to rethink their interpretation of the play when its
historic and political content are taken as a reflection of what has
happened and continues to happen in the continent of Africa. I will not
only focus on the conquest of the Europeans in Africa but also that of
the Arabs who are often mistaken as Africans, and their alien
religion-Islam-as an African religion. Time will unfold how redundant
and laughable these assumptions are. Because, when it comes to the
treatment of Africans, the Arabs are as guilty as the European
conquerors. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" has never been so relevant and
appropriate in analysing Africa's woes and tragedies. What makes you
think that Prospero wants to become Caliban or return to a state of
nature that does not enhance the quality and intellect of Man and
existence.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read my assertions.
Nabie.
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