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Use our free chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis of The Tempest. It helps middle and high school students understand William Shakespeare's literary masterpiece.
A side-by-side translation of Act 2, Scene 1 of The Tempest from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
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Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory. Like the storm in King Lear, the tempest that opens our play is full of symbolic meaning. When Prospero uses magic to whip up a storm that shipwrecks the King of Naples on the island, the tempest...
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ANTONIO, Prospero’s brother, the usurping Duke of Milan. BOATSWAIN, the ship’s officer in charge of equipment and crew. In this scene: A ship carrying the King of Naples and other noble figures faces a devastating storm. A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard. Enter a. Good; speak to th’mariners. Fall to’t yarely, or we run ...
The Shakescleare version of The Tempest includes a modern English translation, which will allow you to easily access Shakespeare’s complex language and decipher the play’s most important quotes, such as “We are such stuff / As dreams are made on” and “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”.