The Tempest The Tempest by William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare

By: Prenya Rajendran and By: Prenya Rajendran and Stephanie Welcher and Edited By: Stephanie Welcher and Edited By:

Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay PicartLaura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

William Shakespeare April 23, 1564-April 23, 1616

• Born in _____________ • He attended Stratford Grammer

School, but did not continue on to Oxford or Cambridge

• He joined one of the most successful acting troupes ~ _____________________

• In July of ______ Shakespeare and the rest of the troupe opened the Globe Theater

William Shakespeare’s William Shakespeare’s TempestTempest

• When was it first When was it first performed?performed?

• First printed in First printed in ______________

• The play was The play was composed as a composed as a ____________________________________________________________________________

TempestTempest Characters Characters

• Who are some of Who are some of the main the main characters in characters in The The TempestTempest??

Summary of the Summary of the TempestTempest

• Alonso takes away Prospero’s Alonso takes away Prospero’s dukedom and gives to _______dukedom and gives to _______

• Prospero and his daughter Miranda Prospero and his daughter Miranda were abandoned at sea, but landed were abandoned at sea, but landed on an Islandon an Island

• 12 years later, Alonso and “crew” 12 years later, Alonso and “crew” became caught in a nasty storm became caught in a nasty storm

• They land on ____________ were a They land on ____________ were a number of events unfold number of events unfold

Keep this question in mind…

The Director~ Peter The Director~ Peter GreenawayGreenaway

– Born April 5, 1942Born April 5, 1942– What did he train What did he train

as?as?– ““His multi-media His multi-media

approach surpasses approach surpasses traditional media traditional media forms and aims at a forms and aims at a visual language in visual language in its own right”its own right” (The (The European Graduate School)European Graduate School)

What exactly is "Prospero's What exactly is "Prospero's Books"?Books"?

The Basic Idea of the FilmThe Basic Idea of the Film

• What jobs does What jobs does Prospero have? Prospero have?

• What are the other What are the other characters to him? characters to him?

Themes ~ The FilmThemes ~ The Film

Nudity

Civilized vs. Savage

The liberation of the self

MusicSound effects

Visual effects

Have an answer???

Discussion Questions~ The Discussion Questions~ The FilmFilm Why do you think the Why do you think the

director incorporates director incorporates modern dance in the modern dance in the film?film?

……And why do you And why do you think Caliban think Caliban expresses himself expresses himself through the art of through the art of dance?dance?

……S’More discussion questionsS’More discussion questions

The film goes back and forth between life on the Island and life back in Milan. The people on the Island are nude, whereas the people in Milan are fully-clothed. Why is this so?

Is this a question between savage versus civilized?

Work Cited Work Cited • Hinson, Hal. “Prospero’s Books.” Hinson, Hal. “Prospero’s Books.” The Washington Post The Washington Post 27 Nov. 1991. 20 Feb 27 Nov. 1991. 20 Feb

2005 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/prosperosbooksrhinson_a0a72http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/prosperosbooksrhinson_a0a720.htm0.htm

• Hylton, Jeremy. The Complete works of William Shakespeare. The Tech’s- Hylton, Jeremy. The Complete works of William Shakespeare. The Tech’s- MIT’s MIT’s

oldest and largest newspaper. oldest and largest newspaper. http://www.tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.htmlhttp://www.tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html

• Mibillard, Amanda. Shakespeare Online. 29 Jul. 2003. Mibillard, Amanda. Shakespeare Online. 29 Jul. 2003. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/keydates/playchron.htmlhttp://www.shakespeare-online.com/keydates/playchron.html

• Prospero’s Books. Dir. Peter Greenaway. Perf. John Gielgud and Isabelle Pasco.Prospero’s Books. Dir. Peter Greenaway. Perf. John Gielgud and Isabelle Pasco.Video Cassette. Alliance Atlantis, 1991.Video Cassette. Alliance Atlantis, 1991.

• Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare, William. Tempest.Tempest. New York: The Folger Shakespeare Library, New York: The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1994.1994.

• The European Graduate School. Media and Communications Division. 16 Jan. The European Graduate School. Media and Communications Division. 16 Jan. 2005. 2005. http://http://www.egs.edu/faculty/greenaway.htmlwww.egs.edu/faculty/greenaway.html