The Tempest

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'We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.'

Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare's 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 i ...