"Cursing to Learn: Theatricality and the Creation of Character in The Tempest" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1894/ Author: Schalkwyk, David. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Shakespeare Survey 66 (2013): 67–81. Annotation: Analyzes linguistic features in Tempest, including curses, commands, and modals, and how these speech acts are performed to create and shape the identity of individual characters. Language: English Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Tempest WSB Update: Spring 2015 WSB Record Number: bbbc1894