The Tempest begins with an abrupt, monosyllabic exchange between the Boatswain and Master that evolves into a series of confused, frenzied conversations ¬ tempests of language ¬ that convey the helplessness, fear, and consternation faced by the crew. ... Just as the "demi-puppets" craft "green sour ringlets," Prospero creates tempests, spells, and mini-dramas. ... "Roaring" connotes "riotous and noisy revelry" (Oxford English Dictionary), which reverts to the play's opening scene of noisy confusion caused by the creation of the tempest. ... Prospero notes the "airy charm[s]" (54) ...

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As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). ... The last of the plays dealing with the supernatural was The Tempest, which reveals Shakespeare's final attitude, not only toward the supernatural, but also toward life overall. ... All authority is taken form the spirits in The Tempest and the power to harm is gone. ...

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Along with this, when the story's tension is about to reach its crescendo, a storm comes up, a "rising tempest". This is a symbol for the "tempest" brewing in Roderick Usher's mind after the death of his sister and the gloom that has been created from it. Poe continues to convey his single effect of gloom through his descriptions of the house by noting the "dark creaking- and "soundless rooms-. ...

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The Value Of A Place "When we first arrived in West Yellowstone, it was awesome to look at the plains spread out at the foot of the tall mountains. The forests were sparse, but all together it made a breathtaking landscape. I keep imagining what this place looked like as Lewis and Clark made the...

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She described how she would sit and gaze at him when he perused the newspaper or how she would leave sweet notes in his lunch pail. ... He writes, So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear –floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love (l.5-8) Donne is telling his wife that he knows she doesn't want to be apart from him, but there is no reason to fall apart and draw attention to people in proximity. ...

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William Shakespeare's Othello is a tragic play regarding jealousy and its decomposing effects on the human psychology. The title character is a noble, highly ranked idealistic general. Due to jealousy, Othello transforms into a raging, uncontrollable murderer, in the desperate search for revenge. In...

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According to tradition, which has retained its strength down to this day, the blessed empress was compelled by a tempest to seek refuge on the southern shores of Cyprus while journeying by ship from Palestine to Costantinople with the intention of transporting the sacred symbols of Christ's Passion and the thieves" crosses to the imperial capital. ...

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"Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" ... Likewise, they frequently pass these laws covertly, as Kelli Kennedy notes in her article for the Prince George Citizen, "[] the [Fort Lauderdale] ordinance passed...

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