The Tempest is the last play William Shakespeare wrote before retirement from the world of the stage. This drama presents you “The Bard of Avon” at his very best, with subtle and well-thought references universally relatable in the true Shakespearean Style. • Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, is currently in exile on a mysterious island, because his Dukedom was usurped by his brother Antonio, who was at the start of the drama returning to his Kingdom with his fleet of ships. • He passes by the island where he exiled Prospero, that’s when his fleet of ships was hit by a violent storm caused by Prospero through his mystic powers. The drama centres around themes of Love, Revenge, and Forgiveness. It can often be regarded as “a dark comedy”. • Shakespeare weaves together magical and fantastical elements together with exploration and discovery in a cohesive manner. • Such supernatural elements are presented to us through Caliban, Prospero’s slave, the son of a hag and the only native resident of the island, and by Ariel who is bound to serve Prospero, as Prospero rescued him from a tree. • The Novel also has hidden themes of Confinement, Freedom, and Colonialism through Prospero, a foreign man who comes to this magical island, and subjugates the island, it’s magic, and the native people (Caliban). • Overall the Novel provides an apt Shakespeare Experience for which he is well-known. The book is a paperback book with well-arranged illustrations and optimized for a relaxed and enjoyable reading experience. Happy Reading!
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, and religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.