The Tempest
Island sorcerer drama
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, generally considered his final solo work, written around 1610-1611.
Set on a remote island, it follows the sorcerer Prospero as he uses magic and a storm to bring his enemies within his power, ultimately choosing forgiveness over revenge.
The play blends comedy, romance, and philosophical reflection on art, colonialism, and human nature.
We're reading The Tempest in English class.
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ProsperoExiled magical duke
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- CalibanMonstrous enslaved being
Stratford-upon-Avon · Globe · Elizabethan · folio · quarto · iambic · pentameter · soliloquy
Exiled magical duke
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
spell · incantation · charm · illusion · spirit · supernatural · staff · books
Destroyed vessel at sea
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
wind · deluge · sea · waves · mariners · boatswain · wreck · fury
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- ProsperoExiled magical duke
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
pardon · restoration · reunion · harmony · resolution · renunciation · freedom · release
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Caliban · Stratford-upon-Avon · Globe · Elizabethan · folio · quarto · iambic · pentameter · soliloquy · monologue
Prospero
Exiled magical duke
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
conjuring · spell · incantation · charm · illusion · spirit · supernatural · staff · books · masque
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
lightning · wind · deluge · sea · waves · mariners · boatswain · wreck · fury · turmoil
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- ProsperoExiled magical duke
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
mercy · pardon · restoration · reunion · harmony · resolution · renunciation · freedom · release · homecoming
usurpation
Wrongful seizure of power
treachery · conspiracy · plot · coup · exile · brother · duke · Milan · Naples · Caliban
marooned
Left stranded and helpless
enchanted · seclusion · exile · banishment · isolation · shore · cave · wilderness · captivity · realm
- 1600s WorksParadise Lost, Leviathan, Don Quixote, King James Bible, Hamlet
- Classic PlaysHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet
- British OperasBilly Budd, Death in Venice, Paul Bunyan, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Arthur
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- PlaysHamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
The TempestKing Lear
Waiting for Godot · The Iceman Cometh · Twelve Angry Men · Bleak House · The Road
tempest, tempestuous, tempests, tempestuously, tempestuousness