John, who was raised on the reservation, has learned to read by the teachings of his mother and himself and read The Complete Works of William Shakespeare multiple times. When on vacation Bernard and Lenina visit the reservation and meet John and his mother, who came from the new World State but was forced to stay behind when her lover left her there pregnant. The first appearance of the title in its context is on the savage reservation where John lives. What he does not understand fully is that the people of the World State have been conditioned from birth to hate all things important in Shakespeare's works emotion, family, love and death. Because John is able to make these references and use emotion, he is compelled to want to share his knowledge with others. Huxley juxtaposes sonnets and hypnopaedic rhymes to demonstrate their infantile pleasures and trite language. The quotations of Shakespeare throughout the duration of the book also emphasize the emotionless society of the World State. This quotation is used many times in the text with new connotations each time hope, disgust, and command color John's proclamation. Shakespeare's The Tempest is the play from which the phrase originates. The most obvious, and perhaps most significant allusion is the title itself. Aldous Huxley chooses to include references to the literary works of Shakespeare many places in his novel Brave New World.
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