The sculpture, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill, who is ...

Ariel doesn’t have a close relationship to other characters in the play and is often invisible to the other characters. In Shakespeare’s day, people believed that sprites and fairies were real.

The statue, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th Century. After his death in ...

Prospero controls Ariel and Caliban ... also controls the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand. Directors of Shakespeare plays sometimes change the gender of a character, which can have ...

Or to put it simply, empathy makes us kind. Shakespeare knew that people can be unkind. Prospero begins the play pretty hard hearted. He uses Ariel like a slave, ignoring the spirit’s pleas for ...

Ariel explains that he caused the storm ... It would have been unusual for a young woman to propose marriage in Shakespeare’s day. Women were seen as the property of their fathers and husbands ...

The sculpture, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill, who is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters. Gill was among ...