Life: b. February 20, 1947
Birthday: February 20
Sometimes, of course, the artist does give up, saying, in effect, "I've done enough". Prospero declares that the revels are ended, and breaks his staff - his author retires to Stratford. At the very end, Mann did something similar. Interestingly, in both instances, death came quite quickly after that.
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topic: Giving Up, Artist, Doe, Prospero