Music expresses what cannot be said. For centuries people across the world have been orchestrating songs that relate to their current situations. What makes music extremely popular is it touches on all aspects of life, similar to Shakespeare’s works. His many plays are about life, love, death, revenge, grief, jealousy, murder, magic and mystery. His work still has relevance to life in the 21st century which is what makes his writing so unique. When looking at one’s life, readers can compare today's world to his and find that it may not be so different after all. To convey this message we’ve composed a series of playlist that parallels to each character personality represented in The Tempest. Along with each playlist we created a compact disc
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Human nature will always exhibit emotion. These emotions have remained unmodified for centuries. For as long as there has been recorded history people have been falling in love. The major representation of this in The Tempest is Miranda and Ferdinand, who instantly become infatuated with each other. Ferdinand expresses his affection as he declares his willingness to perform the backbreaking labor Prospero has commanded him, for Miranda’s sake, “There be some sports are painful, and their labour / Delight in them sets. Some Kinds of baseness / Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters / Points to rich ends. This my mean task / Would be as heavy to me as odious, but / The mistress which I serve quickens what’s dead / And makes my labours pleasures.” (III.i.1-7) This can be clearly connected with society today because not only are young people obviously falling in love with each other, but it is often common that the man of the relationship asks permission to marry a father’s daughter. Although many young men do not have to suffer the wrath of the true love’s father in a physical aspect to reap true …show more content…
Therefore it made sense to chose to compose “mixtapes” about certain characters that are present in The Tempest. One of the main characters is Miranda. At first glance Miranda is seen as a very flat character without much depth, but without her character many of the male leads would not be supported. The playlist collected for Miranda is made up of songs that are sweet, pure, honest, and loving, but also slightly rebellious. To demonstrate this we choose the song “Good Girls” written by 5 Seconds of Summer. Miranda is an obedient daughter, but she is also in love, granted she is willing to go against her father’s commands and attempt to release Ferdinand from his labors. The song “Good Girls” is quarrelsome teenage girls, “Cause every night she studies hard in her room / At least that's what her parents assume / But she sneaks out the window to meet with her boyfriend”. In this case one can see the obvious correlation between Miranda reckless behavior to aid Ferdinand is similar to a teenage girl sneaking out to meet her boyfriend in the twenty-first century as sung by 5 Seconds of Summer. It is quite ironic how some conditions never change. In like manner, another character firmly represented by music is Stephano. In Stephano’s playlist, along with other songs, is “I Want it All” by Queen. The melody has a ever present theme of greed; therefore it naturally was
Human nature will always exhibit emotion. These emotions have remained unmodified for centuries. For as long as there has been recorded history people have been falling in love. The major representation of this in The Tempest is Miranda and Ferdinand, who instantly become infatuated with each other. Ferdinand expresses his affection as he declares his willingness to perform the backbreaking labor Prospero has commanded him, for Miranda’s sake, “There be some sports are painful, and their labour / Delight in them sets. Some Kinds of baseness / Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters / Points to rich ends. This my mean task / Would be as heavy to me as odious, but / The mistress which I serve quickens what’s dead / And makes my labours pleasures.” (III.i.1-7) This can be clearly connected with society today because not only are young people obviously falling in love with each other, but it is often common that the man of the relationship asks permission to marry a father’s daughter. Although many young men do not have to suffer the wrath of the true love’s father in a physical aspect to reap true …show more content…
Therefore it made sense to chose to compose “mixtapes” about certain characters that are present in The Tempest. One of the main characters is Miranda. At first glance Miranda is seen as a very flat character without much depth, but without her character many of the male leads would not be supported. The playlist collected for Miranda is made up of songs that are sweet, pure, honest, and loving, but also slightly rebellious. To demonstrate this we choose the song “Good Girls” written by 5 Seconds of Summer. Miranda is an obedient daughter, but she is also in love, granted she is willing to go against her father’s commands and attempt to release Ferdinand from his labors. The song “Good Girls” is quarrelsome teenage girls, “Cause every night she studies hard in her room / At least that's what her parents assume / But she sneaks out the window to meet with her boyfriend”. In this case one can see the obvious correlation between Miranda reckless behavior to aid Ferdinand is similar to a teenage girl sneaking out to meet her boyfriend in the twenty-first century as sung by 5 Seconds of Summer. It is quite ironic how some conditions never change. In like manner, another character firmly represented by music is Stephano. In Stephano’s playlist, along with other songs, is “I Want it All” by Queen. The melody has a ever present theme of greed; therefore it naturally was