So Huxley was being just a bit ironic with his title. :-)
And the folks you complained about, as is too common now-a-days, just went with a phrase that sounded good, with no thought of what associations it might have (and since much of the population won't "catch" that sort of reference...)
Miranda, I believe; she was sheltered and had never seen "other people" before.
(I'm not absolutely sure who said it, though I'm betting on Miranda. It was Prospero I knew best; I can still do his three major monologues from memory).
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Should have known; it's my favorite of Shakespeare's plays. :P
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"O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world
That has such people in't!"
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And the folks you complained about, as is too common now-a-days, just went with a phrase that sounded good, with no thought of what associations it might have (and since much of the population won't "catch" that sort of reference...)
The Tempest.
(I'm not absolutely sure who said it, though I'm betting on Miranda. It was Prospero I knew best; I can still do his three major monologues from memory).