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   William Tell ( German: Wilhelm Tell, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ) is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller in 1804. The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. Gioachino Rossini 's four-act opera ...

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   Feb 16, 2009 · Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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   Why did Friedrich Schiller write a play about William Tell?

   • Friedrich Schiller (who had never been to Switzerland, but was well informed, being a historian) was inspired to write a play about the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell by his wife Lotte, who knew the country from her personal experience.

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   What is Guillaume Tell based on?

   • The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. Gioachino Rossini 's four-act opera Guillaume Tell was written to a French adaptation of Schiller's play.

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   Is tell a historical person?

   • From the second half of the 19th century, it has been largely undisputed among historians that there is no contemporary (14th-century) evidence for Tell as a historical individual, let alone for the apple-shot story.

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   When did the tell-museum open?

   • The Tell-Museum in Bürglen, Uri, opened in 1966. After 1968, with ideological shift of academic mainstream from a liberal - radical to a deconstructivist leftist outlook, Swiss historians were looking to dismantle the foundational legends of Swiss statehood as unhistorical national myth .

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   Tell himself assassinates the corrupt Austrian governor. The play’s underlying theme is the justifiability of violence in political action. The most famous incident in the play is the dramatic moment when, at the governor’s orders, Tell must shoot an arrow from a distance of 70 paces through an apple placed on the head of his son Walter.

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   William Tell. Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901) William Tell ( German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert ...

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   William Tell: A Historical Play - Ebook written by Friedrich Schiller. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read William Tell: A Historical Play.

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   There are a few different legends of the 1307 Swiss marksman William Tell. This play was composed by Friedrich von Schiller in 1804 and made a big impression. It emboldened a feeling of nationalism. It made William Tell a legendary hero. In the play, Tell is arrested by an oppressive governor who controlled Switzerland at that time.

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   • Author: Friedrich Schiller