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Shakespeare's The Tempest 2 Prospero's Powers 134 Views
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Does Prospero have magical powers? And if he does, could he get us into Hogwarts? We've been waiting so patiently...
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Thank you We sneak in Shakespeare's plays the tempest prospero's
- 00:08
powers last night Does prospero have magical powers So he's
- 00:16
been studying magic he's been studying magic for a very
- 00:20
long time But he's honed these skills on the island
- 00:24
and even though we don't get to see very many
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direct magic acts this isn't kind of harry potter where
- 00:31
people are making things fly air creating potions But we
- 00:34
do You see him interact with the world around him
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in supernatural ways and he can kind of tell various
- 00:41
score it's what to do The spirit Ariel who is
- 00:45
sometimes visible to other people but is mostly only visible
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to prospero basically moves around in magical ways Because prospero
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know so much about the natural world know so much
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about how to manipulate It kind of is constantly setting
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these forces in ash Does prospero have magical powers Oh
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