Play · c. 1611
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Play · c. 1611 · English · Renaissance
The Tempest
A deposed duke rules an island by magic and then gives it up.
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Prospero's renunciation reads as Shakespeare's own; Caliban's 'you taught me language' reads as the empire's indictment.
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