Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let ’em forthīy my so potent art. Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck’d up With his own bolt the strong-based promontory Have I given fire and rifted Jove’s stout oak Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder The noontide sun, call’d forth the mutinous winds,Īnd ‘twixt the green sea and the azured vault Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm’d Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime When he comes back you demi-puppets thatīy moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, ‘Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,Īnd ye that on the sands with printless footĭo chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him Prospero gathers the inhabitants of the island around him and tells them that he is giving up the creative, imaginative, magical things he has done for a long time and retiring to a more everyday life in the real world: Scholars have often suggested that this was Shakespeare saying goodbye to his work of creating fantasies (plays) for the theatre.
The play was written just before Shakespeare left London, giving up his life as a professional theatre writer to live permanently at his family home in Stratford, relaxing with his family, seeing friends and enjoying country pursuits. One could begin with a speech in The Tempest made by Prospero as he leaves the magical island he has inhabited for fifteen years to return to his life in politics. When we look at leavetaking and goodbye quotes written by Shakespeare, we see words people use to express that filled with meaning – more so than any collection of goodbyes produced by any other writer. but sometimes those emotions are expressed in words. Lovers part, often without any words at all, their emotions revealed in their breathing, their tears, etc. When we say goodbye to someone it is often just a polite end to an encounter but, on the other hand, it is sometimes something deeper – containing emotions or feelings that go beyond that formal leave-taking. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
Daemon gasped as Dark Dancer jerked the reins free and raced down the path toward the field. To never again see those arms held out in welcome.
He had the odd sensation he was the one being talked to, explained to, and his words, echoing back, lacerated his heart. For a moment, something rippled in his mind. After that, he couldn't keep his voice from breaking as he tried to explain why Jaenelle was never going to come to the tree again, why there would be no more rides, no more caresses, no more talks. For the first time, he truly saw the intelligence - and loneliness - in the horse's eyes. "I wanted to say good-bye," Daemon said quietly.
The stallion jiggled the bit, reminding him he wasn't alone. Daemon dismounted and leaned against the tree, staring in the direction of the house.