The Tempest Audiobook

" We did this in English and I found it thoroughly enjoyable "

" This is the first time that I had actually read The Tempest after seeing it a couple of times. My experience reading it was not too special. I say that because this novel to me at least, was not typical Shakespeare. Neither the content nor the structure was as good as I had hoped. As far as the way that the play was written, there are too many points in the play where there are too many people talking and it gets confusing while reading it. In Act 2, there are at least 4 or 5 people talking amongst each other in successive lines. When being performed, this is obviously not important, but for someone who is simply reading a play, especially with the language of a Shakespeare play, it is hard to keep track of who is saying what. The one thing I enjoyed while reading the play, especially after discussing it in class, was how this play may have been a precursor to the discourse of colonialism. There are many examples of colonialism in The Tempest. The most important one is with Prospero and Sycorax because there is a binary opposition related to it. Sycorax, who is a witch of dark magic, is also a woman and harnesses nature as her source of power. Prospero, on the other hand, “colonized” Sycorax’s island and killed her. As a result, he enslaved Caliban, her son. I never thought of the Tempest in this context. I always thought that Caliban was just a bitter young man. However, thanks to the discourse of the phenomenon of colonial discourse, I appreciate this play much more. "

" REALLY liked this play! Magic, spirits and a cunning plot thats rights all. "

" I quite enjoyed The Tempest. It is a bit darker, but not as dark as Hamlet or Macbeth. Those are just plain depressing. This is more intriguing. It still has questions about morality and whatnot but the main character is essentially a sorcerer so that is a nice twist. If you watch the half-cheesy, half-interesting Julie Taymor film, you may find the soundtrack to empower the story quite a bit (gotta love Goldenthal). "

" Complicated but enjoyable, especially if you're able to discuss it with people afterwards. Would love to see this on stage some day. "

" Y have read the book xD "

" Wow, what a play. A wise, sage magician, a nasty sprite, a sad monster, a sweet hero and heroine with all kinds of identity crises and adventure--what more could you ask? "

" Read it in 7th standard as the old English text prescribed in the syllabus . Ferdinand, Miranda, Arial all seem to be part of your own world. Its the best from Shakespeare(opinions are relative) "

" I normally enjoy watching Shakespeare instead of reading it, and this case is no different, but I enjoyed this story when all was said and done. The characters Stephano and Trinculo are funny, and the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda made me smile. "

" I did a presentation about this! i loved it.. "

" An amoral mess, but as usual with Shakespeare the language can be stunningly amazing. "

" If you know the life of Shakespeare, then you will absolutely understand how this play makes Billy's oeuvre come full-circle. "

" It was a cool play but it was really hard to read and to interpret "

" So i went to the Tempest play last night wit my book group. I loved it. It was in the Black Box, so it was very intimate. Shakespeare really was meant to be seen/heard and not just read. So I am changing my rating to 4 stars. "

" The Tempest is about some assholes on an island. "

" Perhaps too many critical essays, but the book was useful in our course When Worlds Collide. "

" To me, it felt like Shakespeare gave up. The ending was disappointing. I was incredibly disappointed by this play. I thought it would be so much better than it was. "

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" Great performances and fabulous music in this audio production. One of my very favorite of Shakespeare's! "

" Quite memorable and beautifully written Romance, with lines that countless modern works allude to, and situations that one could endlessly draw parallels to. "

" Have read twice over the past few weeks and reading again while teaching to 10th grade. Definitely not as fun as R and J, but Prospero is pretty fascinating as a character. "

" One of my favorite Shakespeare plays. "

" It was good. It was a side of Shakespeare that I haven't seen much of because in class we only read his tragedies. I had to write a ten page paper on it though so that kind of ruined the experience for me. "

" Possibly my favorite Shakespeare comedy.Also, it has a special place in my heart because my fifth-grade class performed it in the original language, and I was a little cross-cast Gonzalo, and it was epic. "

" To me, it felt like Shakespeare gave up. The ending was disappointing. I was incredibly disappointed by this play. I thought it would be so much better than it was. "

" An explanation of my profile picture... This is my favourite play, favourite Shakespeare, one of my absolute top five favourite texts - so I have a quotation from it tattooed on my arm. 'We are such stuff / As dreams are made on'. "

" This is not my favourite play by Shakespeare but it is a pleasure to read nonetheless. Funny that he thought Milan on the sea. "

" One of the easiest to understand of the Shakespeare plays that I have read. Lots of good fantasy. A fast paced story. Humor. One of my favorites. "

" Too bad my professor sucks at teaching... I might have really enjoyed reading this otherwise. "

" Shakespeare's swan song, would want to be shipwrecked with it! "

" Hadn't read it before-- though I realized, reading it, that various quotations I've used have come from it. Lovely, straightforward. "

" Thunder, lightning, magical creatures and islands. A lovely fantasy. "

" Not my absolute favorite Shakespearean play, but I loved the fantastical elements with spirits and magic. "

" I love this play - but then I have a daughter named Miranda and yes, she is wondrous also. Can't help feeling for Caliban too, the "puppy-headed monster". "