Prospero
(in Shakespeare's The Tempest) the exiled Duke of Milan, who is a magician.
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The most important element that Prospero’s speech neglects is that even under no-design laws, resilience can be achieved.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | NautilusThose very words in Prospero’s speech are an example of our literary heritage, and they have survived—together with countless other wondrous outputs of human intellectual activity.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | NautilusContrary to Prospero’s view, palaces, temples, and cloud-capped towers can achieve resilience—because they are products of civilization.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | NautilusIf we take these other facts into consideration, we see that Prospero’s pessimistic tone and conclusion are misplaced.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | NautilusProspero’s gloomy conclusion is partial and profoundly misguided.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | Nautilus
The close of the overture should describe how Prospero renounces his spells, blesses the lovers, and returns to his country.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyIn the introduction I picture it to myself as calm, until Prospero works his spell and the storm begins.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyHer conversation with Prospero, and immediately afterwards with Ferdinand, who fascinates her, and with whom she falls in love.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyHe is introduced under the name of Prospero in Dibdin's Bibliomania.
English Book Collectors | William Younger FletcherMiranda having been awakened, was invited by Prospero to visit his slave Caliban, son of Sycorax, then dead.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
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