HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.âWe are such stuffAs dreams are made on; and our little lifeIs rounded with a sleep.âMagical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeareâs 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 âmenâ from âmonstersâ, and the realities of justice.