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A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower"
A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower"
A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower"
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A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower"

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A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 3, 2016
ISBN9781535840118
A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower"

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    A Study Guide for Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "The Tower" - Gale

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    The Tower

    Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

    1925

    Introduction

    Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s five-act play Der turm (The Tower) was first published in book form in 1925. A revised version of The Tower was first performed on stage in 1927. Von Hofmannsthal adapted the story, set in seventeenth century Poland, from the play La vida es sueno (Life Is a Dream; 1635), by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, the great playwright of the Golden Age in Spanish literature.

    The Tower concerns the fate of Sigismund, a young prince whose father, King Basilius, has kept him locked in the tower because of a prophecy that claimed he would rise up against his father in rebellion. As the play opens, Sigismund, now twenty-one years of age, has been locked in a cage like an animal, unaware of his royal heritage. A physician who has examined Sigismund convinces Julian, the tower governor, to persuade the king to restore his son as heir to the throne. But, as soon as the king grants Sigismund this power, the son rises up and attacks his father. After the king’s attendants overpower him, Sigismund is sentenced to death. On the day of his execution, however, a planned rebellion among the noblemen dethrones the king and Sigismund ascends the throne as the new king. A peasant rebellion, however, lead by Oliver, results in the assassination of

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