 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pages
...to this shore: and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star; whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.—Here cease more questions; Thou art inclined to sleep; 'tis a good dulness, And give it way;—I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1981 - 292 pages
...common, eg Prospero in The Tempest, I.2.181-4: my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. 34 security over-confidence 36 Discomfortable disheartening. Shakespeare does not use the negative... | |
 | Philosophy - 1926 - 344 pages
...words, for they are subtly chosen. I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. (Miranda's head droops) Here cease more questions; Thou art inclined to sleep; (In the tone of one... | |
 | Rolf Soellner - Drama - 1972 - 488 pages
...moment to its crisis : by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. One could say even that the classical unities the play possesses are due to Prospero's direction. Divine... | |
 | A. C. Harwood - Literary Criticism - 1964 - 68 pages
...himself to the hour is Prospero's creed. 'I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.' Hermione in The Winter's Tale (of the same date) had already said the same in corollary. 'There's some... | |
 | Harry Raphael Garvin, Michael Payne - English literature - 1980 - 210 pages
...to this shore; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. (1.2.178-184) He recalls the "then" in order to precipitate the "now." An auspicious star lies in Prospero's... | |
 | Linda Bamber - Drama - 1982 - 223 pages
...to this shore; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. (I.11.i78-84) Prospero treats his own Fortune as something external to himself, something he cannot... | |
 | Derek Traversi - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 286 pages
...forever relinquish: By my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.3 (1.2. 180-84) The relation to the dramatist's art seems clear. The materials of his action,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1988 - 228 pages
...to this shore; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. Here cease more questions. 1 85 Thou art inclined to sleep; 'tis a good dulness, And give it way: I know... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 296 pages
...to this shore; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. Here cease more questions. (1.2.179-85) The answer to Miranda's question is left to be inferred from the... | |
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Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit,... 
