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The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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The Tempest: Puzzle Pack
39,600 words, approx. 132 pages
A complete lesson plan by Teacher's Pet. For Grade 10, Grade 8, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
The Tempest: LitPlan Teacher Pack
39,600 words, approx. 132 pages
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Tempest, The (Shakespeare Made Easy) Student Guide
20,400 words, approx. 68 pages
A complete lesson plan by Saddleback Educational Publishing. For Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
Tempest, The
18,600 words, approx. 62 pages
A complete lesson plan by Saddleback Educational Publishing. For Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
 


Quotations
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The Tempest Quotes
2,938 words, approx. 10 pages
The Tempest is a play, often described as a comedy or romance, by William Shakespeare . It is believed to have been written ca. 1610 - 1612 (or, as some modern-day scholars have suggested, ca. 1603 - 1604). Contents 1 Act I 2 Act II 3 Act III 4 Act IV...


Author Biography

Name: William Shakespeare
Birth Date: April 23, 1564
Death Date: April 23, 1616
Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Place of Death: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Tempest Summary
4,166 words, approx. 14 pages
The Tempest by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was twenty-one years old when the English founded their first North American colony at Roanoke in 1585. He moved to London, most likely in 1587, to pursue a career in the theater. There he rose from...
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The Tempest Information
9,346 words, approx. 31 pages
The Tempest is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is generally accepted to be Shakespeare's last play solely written by him.[1] Although listed as a comedy in the first Folio, many modern editors have relabelled the play a romance. First...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
A Fashionable `Tempest'
09/12/1997: 394 words, approx. 1 pages
"The Tempest" Through Oct. 26 Shakespeare Theatre Tickets: 202/393-2700 "Is not my garment as fresh as the day I first wore it?" asks an incredulous Gonzalo (Emery Battis), after he and a group of Neapolitan noblemen have survived a shipwreck and washed ashore on...
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The Washington Post
Retelling `The Tempest'
12/13/1998: 481 words, approx. 2 pages
NBC comes up with another retelling of a literary classic featuring special effects, "The Tempest," starring Peter Fonda and airing Sunday at 9. And if that isn't enough, NBC precedes that special with an hour-long collection of songs inspired by the DreamWorks film...
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AP News
Typhoon slams into Vietnam's coast
10/4/2007: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
Typhoon Lekima slammed into Vietnam's central coast Wednesday night, killing two people, destroying hundreds of houses and unleashing floods in one of the country's poorest regions.The storm made landfall in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces around 7 p.m., packing winds of more than 80...
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Stage actor William Hutt dies at 87
6/27/2007: 498 words, approx. 2 pages
William Hutt, widely regarded as one of Canada's finest classical actors and a company member at the Stratford Festival for almost four decades, has died at the age of 87.Hutt died Wednesday of leukemia at Stratford General Hospital, the Festival announced.At the Stratford Festival, where...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Cynthia Lewis
17,096 words, approx. 57 pages
In the following excerpt, Lewis compares and contrasts Prospero with Antonio.
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Critical Essay by Harry Berger, Jr.
14,820 words, approx. 49 pages
In the following essay, Berger argues against sentimental approaches to The Tempest and the character of Prospero, maintaining that the magician's resignation of his occult powers at the play's conclusion is in fact "a final attempt to reestablish mastery."
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Critical Essay by David Young
13,859 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following essay, Young examines The Tempest as an example of pastoral literature, focusing in particular on the play's theatricality, its emphasis on magic, its dreamlike atmosphere, and its treatment of the themes of art and nature.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
Shakespeare: A Tempestuous Critic of Society
3,228 words, approx. 11 pages
William Shakespeare's final play "The Tempest" provides a forum for Shakespeare to explain his true views on society itself, as well as the conflict between society and nature.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Action and Themes in Act 1 of the Tempest
2,255 words, approx. 8 pages
Analyzes William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. Examines the introduction of action and themes in the first act. Discusses the symbolism of the storm.
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Essay Grade: 88%
'the Journey Not the Arrival Matters'
2,027 words, approx. 7 pages
The greater understanding, the power gained and the engaging unknown of a journey are all shown through `The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, 'Journeys to the Interior' by Margaret Atwood and "Chronicles of Life and Death" by Good Charlotte to which the composers, create an understanding of journeys and their importance for the entertainment of their audiences.
 


The Tempest Study Pack

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