The Tempest by William Shakespeare is a play that revolves around the character Prospero, a duke who is usurped by his brother and stranded on an island for twelve years. The storyline includes themes of revenge, love, and greed as Prospero plots to avenge himself using magic and a tempest to manipulate the other characters on the island. The play explores social class divisions, tension between servants and masters, and the power dynamics at play within the characters. The writing style is described as evocative, straightforward, and filled with witty dialogue and Shakespeare's usual messages about human folly and social commentary.
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Content warnings include themes of betrayal, colonialism, and references to attempted violence.
Has Romance?
The play features a moderate romance primarily centered around the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand.
From The Publisher:
The Tempest is a masterpiece of magical effects, redemptive romance, poetry and politics.
Prospero has long been exiled from Italy and banished to a remote island with his daughter Miranda. He uses his magical powers to conjure up a fearsome storm, and his enemies, including his treacherous broth Antonio, are shipwrecked. There follows a play filled with murderous plots, drunken confusion, love and redemption. And along the way, the reader discovers an unmistakable message that this is Shakespeare's own farewell to the stage.
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Incredible (6) | |
Loved It (9) | |
Liked It (4) | |
It Was OK (6) | |
Did Not Like (1) | |
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I read this in preparation for my reread of Hag seed by Margaret Atwood and oh did I have a great time. At the moment this is my favorite William Shakespeare but that may change as I'm working my way through is work and it really is a treat. I liked this a lot, usually his plays needs a bit of brain power to process the story and well this still needed this I found the play to flow more easily and being more digestible but it might be im more used to them by now.
I remember this being one of Shakespeare's weirder more disturbing plays
Perhaps this wasn't my favorite Shakespeare play ever, but, like every Shakespeare play,
The Tempest is drenched in meaning, significance, and implications for our daily lives. I loved being able to dig deep and discover themes in the
The Tempest such as leadership and truth.
What can you read after
The Tempest?
About the Author:
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is unknown but is celebrated on 23 April, which happens to be St George's Day, and the day in 1616 on which Shakespeare died.
Aged eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. By 1595 he had written five of his history plays, six comedies and his first tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. In all, he wrote thirty-seven plays and much poetry, and earned enormous fame in his own lifetime in prelude to his immortality.
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