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Student Essays on The Tempest
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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.
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Essay Grade: 94%
Caliban and Ariel - role and presentation essay
1,931 words, approx. 6 pages
An essay into the role and presntation of the characters Ariel and Caliban
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Essay Grade: 88%
Imaginative Journeys in "The Tempest" and Other Literature
1,836 words, approx. 6 pages
The imaginative journey in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is related to two other works: "Alice in Wonderland" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." In each of these works, the human spirit is exalted and uplifted.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Social Order
1,823 words, approx. 6 pages
William Shakespeare's The Tempest makes particular reference to 17th century gender stereotypes. Shakespeare, through Prospero, may be trying to tell the reader that distinctions between male and female are useless and that the only reason the characterization of each "child" in the play is different is the way in which Prospero treats them, according to the same gender norms present in England at the time the play was written.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Balance of Power: Oppression Versus Dominance
1,720 words, approx. 6 pages
Provides a comparison between the Shakespeare play The Tempest and the Disney movie "Pocahontas." Explores how both works of literature incorporate a recurring theme of oppression and dominance.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Imaginative Journeys in Literature
1,501 words, approx. 5 pages
Different types of imaginative journeys are explored in these works of literature: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems "Lime Tree Bower My Prison" and "Frost at Midnight," Victor Kelleher's "The Ivory Trail," Maurice Sendak's picture book, "Where the Wild Things Are," and Katherine Patterson's "Bridge to Terabithia."
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Essay Grade: 86%
Imperialism in the Tempest - a Question of Ethics and Morality
1,457 words, approx. 5 pages
Analyzes the William Shakespeare play, the Tempest. Explores evidence of imperialism in the play. Discusses the ethics behind many of the character's actions.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Tempest, a Comparative Study
1,218 words, approx. 4 pages
Conpares the play The Tempest, by William Shakespeare to The Ivory Trail and Where Do the Children Play, by Cat Stevens. Describes how each text has different perspectives of the concept of journey, but yet each ultimately transitions and transforms when the journey is underway.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Role of Government in the Tempest
1,212 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes the William Shakespeare play, The Tempest. Examines the role that government plays in the play. Details how the issue of government is a trigger for the story's beginning and a key element in the play.
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Essay Grade: 81%
Prospero's Books and The Tempest, A Comparison
1,168 words, approx. 4 pages
Compares the characters of the film Prospero's Books with those from Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. Points out the similarities in each as well as the differences.
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Essay Grade: 86%
"Colonization in the Tempest"
1,064 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes "The Tempest", a play by William Shakespeare. Discusses how Shakespeare incorporates into the play themes of newly discovered Americas, and the difficulties inherent in colonization.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Imaginary Journey
1,004 words, approx. 3 pages
A look at the concept of the imaginary journey with the use of three sources that refer to it: William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest," U2's song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," and Kenneth Graham's composition "Wind in the Willow." The imaginary journey is more than just the path and time taken to reach the destination; it is an agent of transformation that can change our values and morals as well as allow us to overcome our deepest fears in life.
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Essay Grade: 78%
The Tempest
982 words, approx. 3 pages
In The Tempest, Shakespeare intended the introduction to stand out from the rest of the book, I think that Prospero's art is almost a metaphor of Shakespeare's art, when Prospero says "my so potent art", it maybe that he means the art of the writer, so I think this may have made the introduction more successful because Shakespeare is actually a part of the play himself.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Imaginative Journeys in Literature
898 words, approx. 3 pages
Three literary works are compared and analyzed in terms of imaginative journeys: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Wizard of Oz, and Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken. What really matters is the experience of the journey itself, not the destination.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Prospero's Skills and Self-Beneficial Intentions
895 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay examine's Prospero's use of his skills for self-beneficial intentions only, in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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Essay Grade: 86%
Colonialism in Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
866 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines the theme of colonialism in Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
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Essay Grade: 86%
Allegories and Themes in Shakespeare's Tempest
817 words, approx. 3 pages
Analyzes the William Shakespeare play, the Tempest. Describes how, through the behaviors of different characters, Shakespeare re-defined the roles of good and evil. Examines the character Prospero as a metaphorical God in the story.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Tempest
633 words, approx. 2 pages
In his play, The Tempest, Shakespeare conveys themes through different character pairs. Each pairing is a guise for a different theme in the play's plot. For instance, Ariel and Caliban are thought to be grouped together because they show two contrasting sides of servitude. Other examples lie behind Miranda and Ferdinand's "love at first sight", as well as the forgiveness that Alonso, Antonio, and Prospero receive.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Prospero Experiment in "The Tempest"
629 words, approx. 2 pages
Prospero's attempt to restore his daughter Miranda to her lost position in society was a success in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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Essay Grade: 89%
Irony In The Tempest(Anything Better?)
266 words, approx. 1 pages
The deals with irony in The Tempest

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