The last work I read by Shakespeare [Eng/Esp]
I confess that I approached The Tempest with some reluctance, since I had devoured Shakespeare for years, from the impossible loves of Romeo and Juliet to the unbridled ambition of Macbeth and the melancholy of Hamlet. When I learned that it existed, that there was one more play by the Bard that I had not yet touched, I felt something akin to the excitement of discovery and also a touch of fear, because what if it did not live up to expectations? What if my expectations, fuelled by years of admiration, crushed it? Shakespeare, as always, showed me that one must not doubt geniuses.
Prospero, that exiled duke who commands the elements and the spirits of a lost island, struck me from the very first scene as an alter ego of the author himself. When Prospero raises the storm that gives the play its name, I understood that Shakespeare was raising his own creative tempest, a final hurricane of wit before hanging up his pen.
The island captivated me like a labyrinth of mirrors, where each character reflects a human facet. Caliban, that monster who cries out for his rightful possession of the land, reminded me of those colonised peoples whom history has demonised in order to justify their dispossession. Ariel, the ethereal spirit, embodies that part of us that longs for absolute freedom, while Miranda, the innocent daughter, struck me as pure hope, the kind that has not yet been tainted by the betrayals of the world.
The comparison with A Midsummer Night's Dream is inevitable, for both plays are magical comedies where the supernatural intertwines with the human. But while in the Dream the magic was mischievous and playful, here it is deliberate, almost solemn. Prospero is no Puck; he does not play for amusement. Every spell has a purpose, every illusion a lesson. There is a wisdom in this work that can only be attained with age, a serenity that Shakespeare seems to have conquered in his final days.
This was the last Shakespeare play I discovered, and it was like attending an intimate farewell. That famous final scene, where Prospero breaks his staff and buries his book of spells, moved me more than I expected, until I understood that Shakespeare was not only bidding farewell to his character, but also to us, his readers. Our revels now are ended, says Prospero, and I knew that the Bard was likewise bringing his great theatrical feast to a close.
There is in the play a reflection on forgiveness, when Prospero pardons his enemies, those who betrayed and banished him. Perhaps this is because art, like magic, teaches us that resentment is a smaller prison than forgiveness.
I finished the book with a mixture of satisfaction and melancholy, having completed my journey through the work of the genius of Stratford, and knowing that there would be no more discoveries, that this was the true end.
I also understood that The Tempest is a beginning, where every reader who approaches this work embarks on their own journey to the magic island. Shakespeare left us the tools to build our own tempests and our own pardons.
The Tempest teaches that true power lies not in controlling the elements, but in releasing them, and that, dear friends of HIVE, is a lesson that only a genius taking his leave can offer.
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VERSIรN EN ESPAรOL
La รบltima obra que leรญ de Shakespeare
Confieso que lleguรฉ a La Tempestad con cierta reticencia, pues habรญa devorado a Shakespeare durante aรฑos, desde los amores imposibles de Romeo y Julieta hasta la ambiciรณn desmedida de Macbeth y la melancolรญa de Hamlet. Cuando supe que existรญa, que habรญa una obra mรกs del bardo que aรบn no habรญa tocado, sentรญ algo parecido a la emociรณn del descubrimiento y tambiรฉn un poco de miedo, porque ยฟy si no estaba a la altura? ยฟY si mis expectativas, alimentadas por aรฑos de admiraciรณn, la aplastaban? Shakespeare, como siempre, me demostrรณ que no hay que dudar de los genios.
Prรณspero, ese duque desterrado que domina los elementos y los espรญritus de una isla perdida, me pareciรณ desde la primera escena un alter ego del propio autor. Cuando Prรณspero levanta la tormenta que da nombre a la obra, entendรญ que Shakespeare estaba levantando su propia tempestad creativa, como un รบltimo huracรกn de ingenio antes de colgar la pluma.
La isla me cautivรณ como un laberinto de espejos donde cada personaje refleja una faceta humana. Calibรกn, ese monstruo que clama por su legรญtima posesiรณn de la tierra, me recordรณ a esos pueblos colonizados que la historia ha demonizado para justificar su expropiaciรณn. Ariel, el espรญritu etรฉreo, encarna esa parte de nosotros que anhela la libertad absoluta, mientras que Miranda, la hija inocente, me pareciรณ la esperanza pura, esa que aรบn no ha sido manchada por las traiciones del mundo.
La comparaciรณn con Sueรฑo de una noche de verano es inevitable, pues ambas obras son comedias mรกgicas donde lo sobrenatural se entrelaza con lo humano. Pero mientras en el Sueรฑo la magia era traviesa y juguetona, aquรญ es meditada, casi solemne. Prรณspero no es Puck, porque no juega por diversiรณn. Cada hechizo tiene un propรณsito, cada ilusiรณn una lecciรณn. Hay una sabidurรญa en esta obra que solo se alcanza con los aรฑos, una serenidad que Shakespeare parece haber conquistado en sus รบltimos dรญas.
Esta fue la รบltima obra de Shakespeare que descubrรญ, y fue como asistir a una despedida รญntima. Esa famosa escena final donde Prรณspero rompe su bastรณn y entierra su libro de hechizos me conmoviรณ mรกs de lo que esperaba, hasta que entendรญ que Shakespeare no solo despedรญa a su personaje, sino que se despedรญa de nosotros, sus lectores. Nuestros festejos han terminado, dice Prรณspero, y supe que el bardo tambiรฉn ponรญa fin a su gran fiesta teatral.
Hay en la obra una reflexiรณn sobre el perdรณn, cuando Prรณspero perdona a sus enemigos, esos que lo traicionaron y desterraron. Quizรกs esto sea porque el arte, como la magia, nos enseรฑa que el rencor es una prisiรณn mรกs pequeรฑa que el perdรณn.
Terminรฉ el libro con una mezcla de satisfacciรณn y melancolรญa, por haber completado mi viaje a travรฉs de la obra del genio de Stratford, y porque sabรญa que no habrรญa mรกs descubrimientos, que este era el verdadero final.
Tambiรฉn entendรญ que La Tempestad es un comienzo, donde cada lector que se acerca a esta obra inicia su propio viaje a la isla mรกgica. Shakespeare nos dejรณ las herramientas para construir nuestras propias tempestades y nuestros propios perdones.
La Tempestad enseรฑa que el verdadero poder no estรก en controlar los elementos, sino en soltarlos, y eso, queridos amigos de HIVE, es una lecciรณn que solo un genio que se despide puede ofrecer.
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