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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
EAN: 9781420926217
ISBN: 1420926217
Label: Digireads.com
Manufacturer: Digireads.com
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: January 01, 2005
Publisher: Digireads.com
Studio: Digireads.com
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It is entirely probable that the date of "The Tempest" is 1611, and that this was the last play completed by Shakespeare before he retired from active connection with the theater to spend the remainder of his life in leisure in his native town of Stratford-on-Avon. The main thread of the plot of the drama seems to have been some folk-tale of a magician and his daughter, which, in the precise form in which Shakespeare knew it, has not been recovered. The storm and the island were, it is believed, suggested by the wreck on the Bermudas in 1609 of one of the English expeditions to Virginia. Traces are found, too, of the author¿s reading in contemporary books of travel. But the plot itself is of less importance than usual. Supernatural elements are introduced with great freedom, and the dramatist¿s interest was clearly not in the reproduction of lifelike events. The presentation of character and the attractive picturing of the beauty of magnanimity and forgiveness are the things which, along with its delightful poetry, make the charm of this play. It is not to be wondered at that readers have frequently been led to find in the figure of the great magician, laying aside his robes and wonder-working rod in a spirit of love and peace toward all men, a symbol of the dramatist himself at the close of his great career; and it is surely legitimate to play with this idea without assuming that Shakespeare consciously embodied it. One can hardly conceive a more fitting epilogue to the volume which is the crown of the world¿s dramatic literature than the romance of "The Tempest."
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This edition is NOT the Folger Edition that has notes and definitions like the other reviewers have stated! It is just the text. I bought this for a class based on the reviews and was very disappointed. If you want the Folger Edition that these reviews are talking about, click on the link above their review. I now have to buy a different edition for the notes!!! Waste of money!!!
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Thank goodness for the helpful notes Folger provides. I am not one for translations (it feels like cheating) and this edition created a very enjoyable read for me. The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's greats! You will LOVE Ariel!
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First, let me say I'm a great fan of Shakespeare, and there's no reason to offer a review of The Tempest here. If you want to know what The Tempest is about, there's plenty of places to find that out. This is a review of the Kindle edition of this edition of The Tempest.
I bought this edition, paying $4.95 for the Kindle version, because I thought that it would be the Folger Shakespeare Library version of The Tempest. It's not. The Folger editions of Shakespeare's plays are handy ... Read More
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Good for in-class essays and exams! The definitions on the left side help you define words and phrases you do not understand.
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I have read THE TEMPEST at various stages of my life, and it never fails to surprise and confound me. I can't think of many works of fiction that have undergone so many changes in interpretation and staging. (I will refrain from giving a synopsis, assuming that it's readily available here and elsewhere, and instead focus on interpretation).
What is the play about? It's about power struggles, shipwrecks, murder or intended murder, revenge, forgiveness, restitutuion, servitude and rebellion, ... Read More
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