ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The phrase ‘Brave New Word’ is most famously the title of a science fiction novel by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932. It’s a phrase taken from Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tempest: Sea Storm Although most critics have accepted the title of the play as it is, there are a few exceptions who feel that the play should have been named “Prospero” as the entire action of the play revolves around him.

Detailed explanation-3: -4-Ever wonder why it’s called The Tempest? The play is named after the storm that occurs during much of the first scene.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is thought to have been inspired by Shakespeare’s reading of a real-life event described by a voyager: On July 24, 1609 a fleet of nine English vessels was nearing the end of a supply voyage to the new colony of the Bermudas when it ran into “a cruel tempest, ” presumably a hurricane.

Detailed explanation-5: -The tempest that begins the play, and which puts all of Prospero’s enemies at his disposal, symbolizes the suffering Prospero endured, and which he wants to inflict on others.