![]() Humiliated, he disappears for twelve years, living in a hovel with only the ghost of his own daughter, Miranda, for company. In Hag-Seed, Felix is the Director of a prestigious theatre who is about to direct The Tempest, who gets ousted by his underling Tony. There's Ariel, the magical fairy, who makes things happen for Prospero, and obviously other things also happen with other characters. ![]() ![]() On the island is Caliban, a half-human "monster", son of a witch. I thought I'd done it at school but on reflection that was Twelfth Night! So in The Tempest, Prospero gets ousted by his brother and ends up on an island with his small daughter Miranda for twelve years. I almost never read Margaret Atwood because I always feel like she's just too high brow for me, even though I really like The Handmaid's Tale. Ceri chose it, and she's a teacher who often teaches The Tempest so she was keen to read it. I read it because it was one of my in-person book club choices. I recently read Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood which is a retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest. ![]()
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