Collins Classics: The Tempest

Description

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‘We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.’

Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare’s The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions and a shipwreck. Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so, Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing ‘men’ from ‘monsters’, and the realities of justice.

Author Biography

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and was an eminent dramatist. His plays are perennially adapted and re-interpreted within different contexts. There is much mystery and a timeless fascination around Shakespeare’s as a person and as a writer.