The Tempest

The Tempest is a play by English playwright William Shakespeare probably written in 1610–1611 and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. The Tempest is a play about magic betrayal love and forgiveness. It is set on an island somewhere near Italy where Prospero the one-time Duke of Milan and his beautiful daughter Miranda live with a sprite called Ariel and a strange Wildman called Caliban. The Tempest is unlike any other play in Shakespeare's body of work. It takes place all in one day; it is filled with magic and spirits; it revisits many themes Shakespeare has tackled before; and it focuses on Prospero a main character who is totally in control of his own story.