The Tempest vs. Brave New Worl
Although these two English works exist many centuries apart and use two different forms, William Shakespeare in "The Tempest" and Aldous Huxley in Brave New World, use style to explore the theme of the nature of men and "sleep". What is sleep? The dictionary definition states sleep as the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. But in these to pieces of literature, sleep brings on very different meanings. For instance, in Brave New World, a possible meaning for sleep could be John's life after he commits suicide or something as simple as a chance for the characters to get away for while, known as soma. However, in "The Tempest", William Shakespeare could potentially have other hidden meanings in the sense of sleep such as the life activity of each character after death or he could be using sleep to symbolize a dream or illusion. Both Huxley and Shakespeare have underlying meanings of the many possibility that could portray sleep. Some which could contradict each other. In our world soma would be sees as a drug and should not be use
Sleep: the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Huxley and Shakespeare portray sleep in many ways to help ore along the plot. This style in writing in Brave New World was put into play during John's life after he commits suicide and also a place for the characters to get away for awhile. But in "The Tempest", Shakespeare uses sleep as the life's activity of each character after death or possibly just using sleep as an illusion. Either way, ignorance is pulled into both stories to brainwash the societies and let a controller be in rule. These two English pieces, with two opposite forms use style to support the theme of the nature of man and "sleep". There are many underlying meanings or the word sleep which in some cases, the reader will never experience. The governments use similar tactics of sleep, with the purpose of keeping the majority in ignorance and submission in Brave New World, and "The Tempest". Brave New World weakened their citizens with ignorance and silenced them with fear. They are sleep taught the rules of the
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