The Tempest (No Fear Shakespeare)

By: John Crowther, Sparknotes Editors

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Paperback | 18 November 2004 | Edition Number 1

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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Tempest on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.

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A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language
A complete list of characters with descriptions
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In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero a magician on an enchanted island punishes his enemies, brings happiness to his daughter, and comes to terms with human use of supernatural power.

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction
Beginnings and Issues
First Appearances	p. 1
The Genre	p. 4
Readings and Interpretations	p. 5
Wives and Mothers	p. 18
Magic	p. 20
Caliban	p. 23
Suitors and Rapists	p. 28
The Renaissance Political Context
Political Marriages	p. 30
Utopia and the New World	p. 31
Authority	p. 36
Epic and History
Italy and Carthage	p. 39
The Masque
Jacobean Court Spectacles	p. 43
The Masque as Image and Symbol	p. 47
Renunciation and Resolution	p. 50
Text and Date
The Text	p. 56
The Date	p. 62
The Play on the Stage	p. 64
Editorial Procedures	p. 89
Abbreviations and References	p. 89
The Tempest	p. 93
The Seamanship of Act I, Scene I	p. 207
The Strachey Letter	p. 209
The Music	p. 220
Florio's Montaigne	p. 227
'Of the Cannibals'	p. 227
From 'Of Cruelty'	p. 238
Medea's Incantation	p. 239
From Ovid, Metamorphoses, vii	p. 239
From The Fifteen Books of P. Ovidius Naso, Entitled Metamorphosis, translated...by Arthur Golding (1567)	p. 240
Lineation	p. 242
Index	p. 245
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