To Make Shakespeare Comprehensible To The Eager Student Is A Challenging Task And This Is What The Present Work Sets Out To Do. It Provides The Reader With The Life And Short Notes On The Works Of Shakespeare As Well As His Socio-Political And Literary Background. A Scene-Wise Critical Summary Of The Tempest Is Given So As To Make The Reader Familiar With The Play. Numerous Quotations Have Been Given From The Text That Enable The Reader To Have An Acquaintance With Shakespeare S Poetry. There Are Analyses Of The Different Dramatic Elements Accompanied With The Views Of Renowned Critics, And This Makes The Book Valuable To The Teacher As Well As The Student Of English Literature. Along With Recent Critical Views, The Classical Theories Also Have Been Explained, Together With A Lucid Exposition Of Elizabethan Dramatic Conventions. A Select Bibliography And Index Completes The Book.
After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, a complex and contradictory character, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two ...
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, is both a comedy and tragedy as it details one man’s relentless quest for retribution. The story centers on two royal brothers, one of whom is cast aside, while the other usurps his position.
The Tempest is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest”.
REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's The Tempest The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of The Tempest and a biography of William Shakespeare.
Praise for Hag-Seed “What makes the book thrilling, and hugely pleasurable, is how closely Atwood hews to Shakespeare even as she casts her own potent charms, rap-composition included. . .
A Study Guide for William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Shakespeare for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; ...
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: B, University of Hildesheim (Linguistics), course: Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, language: English, abstract: The ...
Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour ...
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