Allusion
The Tempest
The Tempest surfaces in one Taylor Swift song, through allusion.
Appears in 1 song
Associated with William Shakespeare
But Daddy I Love Him
The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Uncle Jerry notes that the name Ariel, the Little Mermaid character whose line the song title alludes to, also appears in Shakespeare's The Tempest (1610), his last play. This is a secondary literary layer beneath the primary Little Mermaid allusion.
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