Imagine yourself on a remote island on which you have never seen anyone else than your father and one or two of his strange helpers. Describe how you will react when you suddenly see a group of young people coming to greet you out of nowhere. Miranda says O wonder! How many goodly creatures are…
Category: Shakespeare and the Renaissance
Blog 4 – Moon-calf
In the role of any one of the characters you have met in the play so far, give a brief account of what it is like being who you are. The except of The Tempest that we studied in class gives a monster-like, naive perspective of the character Caliban. Caliban who is a monster of the Earth,…
Blog 1 – Shepard and the Shepardess
Describe – with evidence- what you think the Nymph’s underlying message is to her Shepherd suitor. The underlying message the Nymph is portraying to her suitor is that everything within the world is ephemeral. The Nymph passionately discloses the realities of living on the land to oppose the Romanticised image of life created by her…
Caitlin McCartney 