The Tempest (Collins Classics)
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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.

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The Tempest (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

‘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.

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The Tempest (Collins Classics)

The Tempest (Collins Classics)

by William Shakespeare
The Tempest (Collins Classics)

The Tempest (Collins Classics)

by William Shakespeare

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

‘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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780007902354
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 08/12/2025
Series: Collins Classics
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 4.38(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

About The Author
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

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Table of Contents

The Tempest - William Shakespeare - Edited by Robert Langbaum Samuel Taylor Coleridge: From The Lectures of 1811- 1812, Lecture IX
E. M. W. Tillyard: The Tragic Pattern: 'The Tempest'
Bernard Knox: 'The Tempest' and the Ancient Comic Tradition
Lorie Jerrell Leininger: The Miranda Trap: Sexism and Racism in Shakespeare's 'Tempest'
Sylvan Barnet: 'The Tempest' on the Stage

NEWLY ADDED ESSAY:
Stephen Greenblatt: The Use of Salutary Anxiety in 'The Tempest'

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