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Gonzalo's speech focuses again on the Christian idea that loss leads to redemption. This might explain why the characters who accepted loss cheerfully or repentantly were rewarded—the loss was a spiritual test that they passed.
- Epilogue
The once-mighty Prospero stands humbly before the audience...
- Act 4, Scene 1
Prospero orders Ariel to gather his band of spirits to put...
- Epilogue
Gonzalo. Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have cause, So have we all, of joy; for our escape. Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe. Is common; every day some sailor's wife, The masters of some merchant and the merchant. Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle, I mean our preservation, few in millions.
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On 28 January 1983, at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Gonzalo civilly wed María del Carmen Harto y Montealegre (born 23 April 1947 in Toledo). They were divorced less than three months later, 13 April, before the marriage had been registered in Spain. Arms of Emanuela, Duchess of Aquitaine (since 1995). In June 1984, Gonzalo married a model, María ...
In this speech, Gonzalo shares his vision for what he would do if he ruled the island. He claims that he would abolish labor and create a society based on leisure. Gonzalo’s utopian vision echoes that of the philosopher Montaigne, who championed primitive communities over civilized society.
Speech text: 1. I,1,21. Nay, good, be patient. 2. I,1,24. Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard. 3. I,1,34. I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is... 4. I,1,55. I'll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an... 5. I,1,63
Gonzalo's speech echoes On Cannibals (1580), an essay by the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne. In the essay, Montaigne romanticizes the native peoples of the Americas. He calls them "Noble Savages " and suggests that they are more civilized than Europeans.
Key context: Imagining utopia. In lines 143–78 of this scene, Gonzalo describes how he would colonise the island. He imagines how he would go about building the perfect state from scratch, something philosophers and political thinkers had thought about for centuries.
