01:195:140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: William Strachey, Sea Venture, Michel De Montaigne
8 Nov 2018
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Shakespeare also quotes from montaigne"s essay of cannibals". Written for all classes because it was a play for the masses. Because of the marriage between ferdinand and miranda. Lower class would have enjoyed the parts with caliban. His plays either end in death or marriage. Bringing milan and naples together and prospero"s forgiveness. Prospero explains to miranda how they came to be on the island. I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated/to closeness and the bettering of my mind/with that which, but by being so retired,/o"erprized all popular rate,/ [ii. Description of the scholarly type who dabbles in magic. Shakespeare alludes to america as he knew about the voyages to the caribbean islands. He had probably read an account by william strachey of a ship (the sea venture) that strachey was on that ran aground in 1609 off the coast of the uninhabited island of bermuda.
