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Hag seed guide 1 Hag-Seed Study Guide ? eNotes com Inc or its Licensors ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying

Hag-Seed Study Guide ? eNotes com Inc or its Licensors ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher CeNotes TABLE OF CONTENTS HAG-SEED STUDY GUIDE SUMMARY Summary THEMES Themes CHARACTERS Characters ANALYSIS Analysis QUOTES Quotes CSummary Summary Hag-Seed is Atwood ? s rewriting of Shakespeare ? s The Tempest It is the story of Felix an artistic director for the Makeshiweg Theater Festival The story starts with Felix ? s production of The Tempest He has lofty plans of putting on the show of the century In addition the play was designed in memory of the loss of his daughter Miranda Felix is a lonely man who has lost both his daughter and wife His life work is put to waste though when the villain of the story Tony ?nds a way to cancel his play He retreats to his lonely home in Southern Ontario where he is left waiting for twelve years In the meantime Tony replaces Felix as the artistic director of the festival He is ?nally hired by the Burgess Correctional Institution as an instructor for Literacy Through Theater Felix dives head ?rst into his new position and uses the opportunity to restage his long-lost play He convinces the inmates that they want to perform his version of The Tempest In preparation for the play Felix invites government o ?cials to show o ? the progress of the inmates Though it becomes clear that Felix ? s intentions are mostly sel ?sh To Felix ? s dismay he learns that Tony will be attending in his new role as a politician Felix takes advantage of the moment and gets his revenge Rather than show a prerecorded version of the play Felix has the cast perform it live As part of the play the prisoners put on a fake prison riot which terri ?es the politicians who are watching In the midst of the chaos Felix catches Tony on camera plotting to murder another politician Felix uses the footage as blackmail and gains back his job as the artistic director of the festival The story ends with Felix coming to terms with the loss of his daughter Themes Themes A central theme in the story is revenge Felix has been wronged by Tony when his play is canceled at the art festival Felix spends years devastated and sets his eyes on revenge The opportunity appears when he becomes an instructor at a prison rehabilitation theater program Here he convinces the prisoners to put on his version of The Tempest Local politicians are invited to see the progress of the prisoners Tony has been climbing the ranks since stealing Felix ? s position at the art festival He is now a politician and attends Felix ? s latest performance As