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The Tempest: Introduction, Summary, and Conclusion - William Shakespeare

One of the William Shakespeare's Romantic comedies was "The Tempest" which was first published in the "First Folio" in 1623. In the course of the story, Prospero, a magician and the rightful Duke of Milan, who is shipwrecked on an island with his daughter Miranda. Using his magical abilities, Prospero manipulates the events on the island to seek revenge on his enemies. Ultimately, the play explores the power, forgiveness and illusion. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, European powers including England, were engaged in exploration and colonization around the world. In the Elizabethan age, an English publisher, Edward Blount entered The Tempest into the Stationers' Register on 8 November 1623. Regarding the matter at hand, William Strachey's A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, an eyewitness report of the real-life shipwreck of the Sea Venture in 1609 on the island of Bermuda while sailing toward Virginia, ma

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