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The Tempest

William Shakespeare

3.64 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Finally one story where people end up alive

imagine being like “ i’m bored. im gonna start tormenting the people who survived the shipwreck i caused 12 years ago, and oh! my daughter loves this man? let’s enslave him until i know i can approve”

adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Magic??????

*Reread
*Great quotations
*Could work for both middle and upper school students

I love the ideas and themes in this but I have never been able to fall in love with it.

This is technically my second time with this play, but my first time reading it in college. Easily one of Shakespeare's more refined plays, and likewise, one of my favorites. Will return to it again someday soon!

Update (03/19/23):

Even better the third time.

2 stars. Not a favorite by Shakespeare. It was a little too dry and felt too similar to a lot of his other work. It wasn’t anything new or different and then it wasn’t even that entertaining. Still love Shakespeare and I’m glad I’m going through all of his work but this is one I wouldn’t pick up again.


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