The Tempest - Select two brief thematically related passages, one from each of the versions of the play, and write 600 words on what these passages say about the different conditions in which they were written.

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Segment one: History

Select two brief thematically related passages, one from each of the versions of the play, and write 600 words on what these passages say about the different conditions in which they were written.

I have chosen to analyse the epilogue from each of the two

versions of The Tempest as they are both thematically related

because it is the closure of the play, and Prospero, who is still in

character, gives his final speech to the audience.

In the 17th century the increasing population could not normally

read or write, but did go to the theatre, and so the stage was

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primarily used to mirror directly the manners, modes and

morals of society, the stage became the forum for debate,

spectacle, and entertainment.  In Shakespeare’s epilogue he

makes a clear statement of faith and gives Prospero the task of

admitting that the play world now lies in ruins, and to appeal to

the grace of the theatre audience. On line eleven and twelve of

the epilogue he says, “Gentle breath of yours my sails must fill,

or else my project fails”. Here he is asking for ...

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