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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nothing really happens. There are some very good lines because it is Shakespeare, but you might as well title the play “Prospero manipulates everyone and then repents at the end and everyone is happy”. Maybe I accept more tragedy from Shakespeare, because everything turning out alright after several people plot to kill each other is very odd.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation
Minor: Rape
I can always appreciate Shakespeare and the great messages in his plays especially in this one but it just wasn't the best read I had in a while.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ve never read something that united joy and despair so entirely. Everyone here seems to want a just master, as if there is no world without a master. No one sticks it to the man, except Prospero… who prides himself on the forgiveness he dispenses when he’s enslaved a whole island to carry out his whims. Antonio’s goal to profit off any situation, summed up in his last line regarding Caliban, is wonderfully one-dimensional, mirroring the West’s indefatigable appetite for material gain. Prospero’s epilogue, pleading for his audience’s forgiveness by means of applause (indulgence) feels like a plea to God. Odd that the same character who said “Hell is empty and all the devils are here” marries the character who says the most naive line of the play, with her last words expressing wonder at the beautiful people—nefarious people, in reality—who inhabit this “brave new world.” Shakespeare has never been more hopeful of, or cynical toward, humanity.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes