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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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- Friedrich Schiller
- Wilhelm Tell
- 1804
- Martin, Theodore, Sir, 1816-1909
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 mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow for apple shot and he who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of ...
Oct 26, 2006 · DUKE JOHN. I cannot live, and will no longer thus! TELL. And yet my soul bleeds for thee—gracious heaven! So young, of such a noble line, the grandson. Of Rudolph, once my lord and emperor, An outcast—murderer—standing at my door, The poor man's door—a suppliant, in despair! [Covers his face.
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.
