Shakespeare’s Use of Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils Aeneid as Basis

Shakespeares Use of Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils Aeneid as Basis for The TempestWilliam Shakespeare, as did almost writers of his time, took the basis for the stories he wrote from other texts. He would exercising source poems or mythology in order to write his own works. Romeo and Juliet, for example, can be compared to the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisby. Plays such(prenominal) as Richard III and Julius Caesar are artistic accounts of historical events. The Tempest, however, is commonly perceived as an original story. Many critics feel that this was the only story of his that was entirely created by Shakespeare. This is not the case. In fact, there are some(prenominal) sources from which he very much drew inspiration for this tale. Shakespeare use classical texts for most of his plays, and The Tempest is no exception. Two of the stories from which Shakespeare drew most of his inspiration were Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils The Aeneid. twain are very often used in the construction of stories or works that have perform later on, and my intention here is to illustrate just how they were used in the writing of The Tempest. The Aeneid tells the story of a fifth column warrior named Aeneas, who is the son of Venus (the Roman goddess of love) and Anchises, a Trojan prince. The tale takes place in the12th century B.C., after the Trojan War, which was started when the Trojan prince Paris seduced Helen, the wife of the King of Sparta, and took her back to Troy. In retaliation, a Greek host waged a 10-year war on Troy, leaving the formerly great city and most of its people devastated. After the war, Aeneas, along with others that escaped the destruction, sets sail in try of a new home. Their journey takes them towards Sicily and Italy, and this i... ...07.Knapp, Charles. The Aeneid of Vergil, books I-VI, and the Metamorphoses of Ovid, with introductions, notes, and vocabulary by Charles Knapp. Chicago Foreman and company, 1928.Mandelbaum , Allen. The Aeneid of Virgil A Verse Translation. Berkeley University of California Press, 1971.Miller, Frank Justus. Ovids Metamorphoses in Two Volumes. Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1916.Pitcher, John. A field of operations of the Future The Aeneid and The Tempest. Essays in Criticism 343 (1984) 193-215.Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. The Riverside Shakespeare Second Edition. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. 1661-86.Tarantino, Elisabetta. Morpheus, Leander, and Ariel. Review of English Studies 48192 (1997) 489-98.Wiltenburg, Robert. The Aeneid in The Tempest. Shakespeare Survey 39 (1987) 159-68. Shakespeares Use of Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils Aeneid as Basis Shakespeares Use of Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils Aeneid as Basis for The TempestWilliam Shakespeare, as did most writers of his time, took the basis for the stories he wrote from other texts. He would use source poems or mythology in order to write his own works. R omeo and Juliet, for example, can be compared to the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisby. Plays such as Richard III and Julius Caesar are artistic accounts of historic events. The Tempest, however, is commonly perceived as an original story. Many critics feel that this was the only story of his that was entirely created by Shakespeare. This is not the case. In fact, there are several sources from which he very much drew inspiration for this tale. Shakespeare used classical texts for most of his plays, and The Tempest is no exception. Two of the stories from which Shakespeare drew most of his inspiration were Ovids Metamorphoses and Virgils The Aeneid. Both are very often used in the construction of stories or works that have come after, and my intention here is to illustrate just how they were used in the writing of The Tempest. The Aeneid tells the story of a Trojan warrior named Aeneas, who is the son of Venus (the Roman goddess of love) and Anchises, a Trojan prince. The ta le takes place in the12th century B.C., after the Trojan War, which was started when the Trojan prince Paris seduced Helen, the wife of the King of Sparta, and took her back to Troy. In retaliation, a Greek army waged a 10-year war on Troy, leaving the once great city and most of its people devastated. After the war, Aeneas, along with others that escaped the destruction, sets sail in search of a new home. Their journey takes them towards Sicily and Italy, and this i... ...07.Knapp, Charles. The Aeneid of Vergil, books I-VI, and the Metamorphoses of Ovid, with introductions, notes, and vocabulary by Charles Knapp. Chicago Foreman and company, 1928.Mandelbaum, Allen. The Aeneid of Virgil A Verse Translation. Berkeley University of California Press, 1971.Miller, Frank Justus. Ovids Metamorphoses in Two Volumes. Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1916.Pitcher, John. A Theatre of the Future The Aeneid and The Tempest. Essays in Criticism 343 (1984) 193-215.Shakespeare , William. The Tempest. The Riverside Shakespeare Second Edition. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. 1661-86.Tarantino, Elisabetta. Morpheus, Leander, and Ariel. Review of English Studies 48192 (1997) 489-98.Wiltenburg, Robert. The Aeneid in The Tempest. Shakespeare Survey 39 (1987) 159-68.