OFF: Tempest

[J Strobridge]

Ola Nyberg writes:

> >
> >Help!  Ariel is a reference to Shakespeare's The Tempest...
>
> The "or what?" was a question, since I didn't know what it was a
> reference to. I guess it's pretty clear that I didn't take English
> literature and, yes, I do feel like an idiot, but I still think *Ariel


Sometimes it's surprising how much Shakespeare people acquire
without realising - have you not come across "We are such stuff as
dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep"?   If
you have - that's from The Tempest.   If you haven't - well it's a sad
educational lack in Sweden to be sure.....    8-)))

Ariel was the energetic trouble maker - a rather naive Loki-type of
character, but in this instance a sprite bound to obey Prospero and
make mischief at his command.

jill

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