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Summary :  The Tempest  is Shakespeare's last play, written in the early 17 th  century. The play features the character Antonio, whose attitude towards power mirrors the political spirit of the time. Renaissance in Europe was a time of political turmoil- treaties were made and broken, and rulers held thrones for progressively smaller stretches of time. Machiavelli, who was still influential in Shakespeare's time, held the viciously ruthless view that power is to be attained by any means. In  The Tempest  Antonio conspires with the King of Naples and usurps the throne of his own brother Prospero, the Duke of Milan. Later in the story he conspires again, this time against the King of Naples, who was previously his ally. Thus Antonio, involved in schemes to seize power throughout the entirety of the story, is the embodiment of the precarious political balance of the era. Essay The Tempest is Shakespeare's last play, written in the early 17 th century. It is thought b

Woolf, Virginia. "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown."  Essentials of the Theory of Fiction . Ed. Michael J. Hoffman and Patrick D. Murphy. Durham: Duke UP, 1996. 21-34. Google Books . Web. 15 June 2012. This is an essay by Virginia Woolf, originally a speech she made it seems. Its tone is rather informal. Summary Writing an essay is tough. There is a notion of a character which haunts the writer until he is compelled to begin writing. It is crucial for the novelist to be obsessed with character. She ascribes ultimate importance to convincing characterization- that that is, in fact, the purpose of novels. The essay will explore: What "real" character means What "character" means Why young novelists fail to create characters We all "read characters". Woolf claims human character changed around 1910. There was a shift in human relations, a sort of liberation, around this time, which was reflected in all areas of life. Arnold