Project Gutenberg 2014-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 216 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Dulac, Edmund 1882 1953 Dulac, Edmond The tempest Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Eleni Christofaki, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest" by William Shakespeare is a renowned play written in the early 17th century. This narrative is centered around themes of power, betrayal, and redemption, highlighting the complex relationships between characters stranded on an enchanted island. The play's titular character, Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, employs magic to orchestrate events that will lead to his reclaiming of power, alongside his daughter Miranda. At the start of the play, a ship is caught in a fierce storm, suggesting turmoil to come. Characters including Alonso, the King of Naples, and his brother Sebastian, among others, are depicted frantically trying to manage the chaos on deck as the ship is threatened with disaster. Meanwhile, on the island, Prospero reassures Miranda, his daughter, that the shipwreck was part of his plan to bring their enemies to him, revealing their backstory and the betrayal he faced from his brother Antonio. The opening sets an ominous yet magical tone, drawing the audience into a world where the elements and spirit characters play significant roles in the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shipwreck victims -- Drama Fathers and daughters -- Drama Magicians -- Drama Political refugees -- Drama Islands -- Drama Spirits -- Drama Tragicomedy PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 236196 235953 2024-09-20T03:36:03.182279 2023-09-20T13:43:49.615829 text/html text/html 236651 2014-12-02T22:35:00 text/html 1844681 2014-12-02T22:38:39 text/html application/zip 1723994 2024-09-20T03:36:11.178264 application/epub+zip 1727574 2024-09-20T03:36:04.594278 application/epub+zip 137160 2024-09-20T03:36:03.792288 application/epub+zip 1829018 2024-09-20T03:36:15.033225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1934570 2024-09-20T03:36:10.418247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347458 2022-09-21T14:59:23.420616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135445 135254 2024-09-20T03:36:01.562291 2023-09-20T13:43:48.352818 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 135455 2014-12-02T22:29:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51045 2014-12-02T22:29:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 135464 2014-12-02T22:29:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51048 2014-12-02T22:29:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22664 2024-09-20T03:36:15.184209 application/rdf+xml 27094 2024-09-20T03:36:03.946314 image/jpeg 3731 2024-09-20T03:36:03.868281 image/jpeg 1850972 2024-09-20T03:36:03.262299 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia