William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Page 25, Line 216-217

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Readers, this is where you post comments or questions on these discussion topics:

Why does Prospero need Caliban if he has Ariel?   (Topic 1)
How come Caliban’s language is so refined?   (Topic 2)
Why does Ariel perform his tasks without complaint, unlike Caliban?  (Topic 3)

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Posted at: April 29th, 2007 - 1:41 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Examples of what I found hard to understand:

The King of Naples, being an enemy

         To me inveterate, hearkens my brother’s suit  (Lines 145-146)

But was not this nigh shore?   (Line 255)
….The time ‘twixt six   (Line 285)

Examples of lines I enjoyed:

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness   (Line 124)
My library was dukedom large enough   (Lines 130-131)
Good wombs have […]


Posted at: April 29th, 2007 - 1:22 pm - Number of Comments » 0

The classroom buzzing with excitement
Poetry, did he say?
Let’s begin this unit
And awaken the fresh new day
            English has always been a subject I have enjoyed. However, once the poetry unit started, I have stopped just enjoying English; I have started to love the language. Poetry is a way of expression that even people poor at […]


Posted at: April 29th, 2007 - 12:36 pm - Number of Comments » 1