| 词条 | Hag-Seed |
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| italic title = Hag-Seed | name = Hag-Seed | image = File:Margaret Atwood - Foire du Livre de Francfort (37735253561).jpg | image_size = | border = | alt = | caption = Atwood is pictured here at the Frankfurt Book Fair. | author = Margaret Atwood | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Great Britain | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = | set_in = | publisher ={{plainlist|
}} | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback) | pages = 289 | awards = | isbn = 978-0-099-59402-4 | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }}Hag-Seed is a novel by Margaret Atwood, published in October 2016. A modern retelling of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, the novel was commissioned by Random House as part of its Hogarth Shakespeare series. In this project, well-known novelists re-tell a selection of Shakespeare's plays.[1] Other authors participating in the series include Howard Jacobson, Anne Tyler, Jeanette Winterson, Tracy Chevalier, Jo Nesbø, Gillian Flynn and Edward St Aubyn.[2] The novel centres on theatre director Felix who loses his job with Makeshiweg Theatre, and is exiled from his position in society, following his betrayal by a trusted colleague. Having suffered in isolation, Felix is granted the position of teaching in a prison literacy program in the Fletcher County Correctional Institute. Thus begins his plot of revenge against those who wronged him.[3] The novel was well received by critics and audiences. A witty, dark and imaginative adaptation of Shakepeare's play, Hag-seed manages to convincingly create a vengeful Duke Prospero[4] from the slightly ridiculous, and certainly more sympathetic, director Felix. Dealing with themes of loss, revenge, a life of imprisonment and the concept of closure, Atwood uses Felix's lessons on The Tempest to the actor-inmates to demonstrate the parallels between her text and the original play. The story culminates with a "fantastic climax of dark calamity"[5] in a metaphorical and literal storm. Plot summaryHag-Seed follows the life of Felix, once experimental Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg theatre festival, now an exiled man who speaks to his daughter's ghost. Felix's fall from the theatrical elite is brought about by the betrayal of his right-hand man, Tony. Using Felix's vulnerability after the death of his wife Nadia post-childbirth and the death of his beloved daughter Miranda, Tony used his influence and connections to oust Felix from his position and then have the board instate himself in the role. Worst, for Felix, is the cancellation of his production of The Tempest. A play which he had thrown himself into- in order to cope with the loss of his own Miranda. After an unceremonious firing and being escorted to his car, Felix decides that he must entirely retreat from his known society. Felix plunges into a form of self-inflicted exile, aiming to escape the press he imagines will humiliate him and those who betrayed him. He moves into a ramshackle cottage off the grid and relies on his unofficial, cash-in-hand, landlords; Maude and Bert for his power access. Nine years into seclusion, Felix has spent his time imagining a life shared with his dead daughter and keeping track of the two men who betrayed him; Tony and the minister of heritage Sal O'Nally. Following an advertisement for a teaching position at the literacy program in the Fletcher County Correctional Institute, Felix applies for the position using the name 'Mr. Duke'. Hired by Estelle, who recognises him as Felix, Felix convinces her to give him a chance in the position to teach through performing Shakespeare-and to keep his true identity a secret. A professor at Guelph University, Estelle will not be involved in the day-to-day running of the program. However, as his work proves a success, she secures further funding and eventually organises a visit to a prison performance by two newly appointed government ministers; Tony and Sal. Four years into the prison program, Felix now has his opportunity for revenge. Choosing to finally stage The Tempest he casts his original actress for the role of Miranda [6]and begins readying the actors within the prison as part of his revenge scheme. The play culminates with a drug fueled chaotic performance of the play, Sal and Tony are frightened and punished. The novel ends with Sal's son Freddie becoming the embodiment of the character of Ferdinand- and is set up with Anne-Marie. Felix is restored to his former position and finally, like Prospero sets Ariel free, he releases the ghost of his daughter. [7] Main characters
References 3 : Novels by Margaret Atwood|2016 Canadian novels|Works based on The Tempest |
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