The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1462 Monday, 5 September 2005
[1] From: Larry Weiss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 03 Sep 2005 13:41:21 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1453 Caliban's Island
[2] From: Ruth Ross <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 3 Sep 2005 17:27:56 -0400
Subj: RE: SHK 16.1453 Caliban's Island
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From: Larry Weiss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 03 Sep 2005 13:41:21 -0400
Subject: 16.1453 Caliban's Island
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1453 Caliban's Island
>Prospero is an allegoric representation of God.
It appears, then, that Shakespeare anticipated Nietzsche. Prospero's
retirement, in which every third thought is his grave; his broken staff
and drowned books represent the death of God.
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From: Ruth Ross <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Saturday, 3 Sep 2005 17:27:56 -0400
Subject: 16.1453 Caliban's Island
Comment: RE: SHK 16.1453 Caliban's Island
As I recall, the first expedition to what became Jamestown was
shipwrecked on Bermuda around the time The Tempest was written; those
who survived were retrieved and returned to England with tales of their
wreck. Mightn't that be the source of WS's reference to the Bermoothes?
Ruth Ross
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