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a tempest i shakespeare had raised a tempest in his era and my heart (take the tempest as an example) lu mei

reading report

professor he

december 1, 2011 a tempest ii

abstract

shakespearewas the great spirit of the renaissance as a single person. he wrote

many famous poems, dramas and tales, and almost all of his works had raised a tempest

in his era. his stories have great impact on their days. take the famous talesthe

tempest as an example.

in order to usurp the throne, antonio colluded with the king of naples and framed

his brother, prospero, who was the duke of milan and his three-year-old daughter,

miranda. they were banished to an uninhabited island with no daily necessities and

servants. the wretched father and daughter lived in the island for more than ten years

and eventually prospero gained the ability to control the force of nature. he designed

a tempest to revenge. in his plan, he made agloss that, ferdinand,the prince of naples

died in the tempest to make his enemy think about what they had done to him. knowing

this, antonio and the king of naples suddenly realized that there were something more

important than authority and wealth. it was the love among family members. they felt

ashamed of what they had done. they decided to rectify their errorsthoroughly. and

prospero, who was the victim, decided to forgive them and marry his lovely daughter,

miranda to the innocent prince. thus the story ended with a happy ending.

a tempest 1

shakespeare had raised a tempest in his era and my heart (take the tempest as an example) shakespeare lived in the renaissance. it was an era that people started to realize

the value of human beings rather than had eyes only for the god. this times feature

was thoroughly shown in shakespeare’s stories. and his stories also diverted people’

s attention to their own value. his tale the tempest was his last masterpiece, and it is said that the tempest

was his willing written with poetic words.and i think it is one of his most powerful

stories.

in this tale, every character stood for one specific social group. prosperowas

the representative of people withhumanism thought. such group of people were out of

key with the society. thus they would suffer a lot just like prospero, who was framed

by his dear brother and had a long hard life in an abandoned island with his young

daughter. it was the same with shakespeare himself. as a humanist, he was pushed aside

by the conservative party. life was hard for people like him. but eventually prospero

won without hurting anybody. it showed shakespeare’s belief that he would finally

win people’s understanding and people would someday awake. andi think he was

absolutely right. and antonio and