37 min
Episode 156: Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Acts 1 and 2. Gonzalo’s Golden Age Speech. Imagery from the Aeneid. Antonio and Sebastian Plot Murder. Caliban Meets Stephano and Trinculo. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary Education
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Gonzalo indicates that he does not mean literally his speech about ruling the island to excel the Golden Age. But in what sense, then, does he mean it? While the Court Party sleeps, Antonio and Sebastian plot murder. Caliban meets the two lower-class, satiric characters: Trinculo, the jester, and Stephano, a “drunken butler,” and begins to worship them as gods.
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Gonzalo indicates that he does not mean literally his speech about ruling the island to excel the Golden Age. But in what sense, then, does he mean it? While the Court Party sleeps, Antonio and Sebastian plot murder. Caliban meets the two lower-class, satiric characters: Trinculo, the jester, and Stephano, a “drunken butler,” and begins to worship them as gods.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-dolzani/support
37 min