
Wilhelm Tell
'Wilhelm Tell' Summary
Die Handlung von Schillers Drama „Wilhelm Tell“ spielt in der Schweiz im 14. Jahrhundert. Der Habsburger Vogt Gessler unterdrückt das Volk. Wilhelm Tell, ein einfacher Bauer, weigert sich, sich vor Gesslers Hut zu verbeugen, und wird daraufhin verhaftet. Gessler zwingt Tell, einen Apfel vom Kopf seines Sohnes Walter zu schießen. Tell schafft es, den Apfel zu treffen, doch Gessler bemerkt, dass Tell noch einen zweiten Pfeil bei sich trägt. Er fragt Tell, wofür dieser gedacht sei, worauf Tell antwortet, dass er ihn für Gessler bestimmt hätte, falls er seinen Sohn getroffen hätte. Gessler lässt Tell daraufhin gefangen nehmen und nach Küssnacht bringen. Unterwegs kann Tell jedoch fliehen und erschießt Gessler mit seinem zweiten Pfeil. Tells Tat löst einen Aufstand im Volk aus, und die Schweizer können sich von der Herrschaft der Habsburger befreien.Book Details
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Friedrich Schiller
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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated,...
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