The Tempest

First published in 1990 ‘The Tempest’ is a play by William Shakespeare an English playwright poet and actor. He is widely considered the most splendid writer in the English language and the world's most remarkable dramatist.</br>It is set on a remote island where Prospero the suitable Duke of Milan plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her proper place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He invokes a storm the eponymous tempest to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. </br>The characters outshine the roles of villains and heroes. Prospero seems heroic yet he enslaves Caliban and has a hunger for revenge. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda but appears heroic in opposing Prospero prompting the period of colonialism during which the play was written. Miranda’s engagement to Ferdinand the Prince of Naples and a member of the shipwrecked party helps resolve the drama.