Sea Imagery in Shakespeare’s Pericles and the Tempest
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Sciences and Education - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Imagery may be defined as the description of sense experience through language or representation of such an experience to imagination. The study of imagery has primarily been limited to a poetic imagery-that type of imagery that transforms a play into a dramatic poem and interprets concepts in terms of metaphors and similes that provide a sensuous or pictorial image. Consequently, the poetic image is sometimes considered a word-picture. Shakespeare's praise of the sea takes various aspects. We, therefore, cannot suggest that the sea in Shakespeare has a single definite meaning as a symbol. It becomes a symbol when we view it in the light of several planes of interpretation. The same principle applies to The Tempest for they vary from play to play. The physical tempest is cruel in Shakespeare, yet its presence may serve an indication of a crueler tempest in the inner feelings of human life. To be cleared, let us equate the dual character of the sea with the tempest – music opposition since the sea rough and calm seems to partake of the roughness of the tempest and the calmness of music simultaneously. To express this equation vividly Shakespeare resorts to the employment of expressive words such as “swell” – which is used for rising emotion and “rage”, a word continually present in tempest passages. Consequently, in Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, Pericles and the Tempest imagery seems to be beautifully actualized.
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Haybat Abdul Samad
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Sea Imagery in Shakespeare’s Pericles and the Tempest
Imagery may be defined as the description of sense experience through language or representation of such an experience to imagination. The study of imagery has primarily been limited to a poetic imagery-that type of imag...