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A 5 page paper which presents a feminist analysis of
“The Tempest.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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perspective of his time in that these women had power and they possessed intelligence and the ability to control events within the stories. His play "The Tempest," however, seems quite
different in that it has only one female character and she is far weaker and far more insignificant than most, if not all, of his other female characters. The following
paper presents a feminist examination of Shakespeares play "The Tempest" whose primary female character is Miranda. Miranda One critic notes one of the most important realities in Shakespeares
play, indicating that, "The main thrust of the feminist critique is that Shakespeare ignored the feminine voice in The Tempest entirely, reducing the lone female speaking part in the play,
Miranda, to little more than a tool to be used by Prospero and a plot device" (The Tempest: A Closer Look: Feminism). In essence, the lack of any true feminine
voice provides a lot of material from which and individual can examine this play with a feminist perspective. Apparently there is a very good, and powerful, essay about the
feminist qualities of this play. The essay, though it was not available to this particular writer, is summarized by another, thus giving us a very intricate foundation from which we
can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempest," "examines the various ways in which the character of Miranda is
subjugated to the paternalistic hierarchy of the play. Leininger begins by noting that The Tempest was, at one point, performed at court for the royal wedding of Jamess daughter Elizabeth
to the Elector Palatine; there is, in fact, editorial speculation that the plays wedding masque was added for this particular reason" (Tempest 2000 Annotated Bibliography). We see that Leininger "further
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