The Tempest

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"The Tempest" is a play that grabs its audience's attention right from the start; it is set around Italy and was written in 1612, the idea for the play probably came from a sea adventure that went missing in a terrible storm in 1611 only to find its way to Florida one year later.

In this essay I am going to comment on the techniques that shake spear uses to involve his audience and to comment on Prospero's character during the first act of "The Tempest"

Shakespeare starts of "the Tempest" with a short action packed scene which would make the audience amazed and interested for the start, within the first scene we pick up that the mariners are rude to royalty as they say

"...You, mar our labour. Keep your cabins..." L12-13, 1, 1

This would make the audience mad as they would not let them speak to royalty in that way. The language used by Shakespeare in the first scene in demanding and forceful which the audience would not be expecting and would keep there attention.

Scene two is split up into 4 different sections, Shakespeare done this as it is a long scene which would keep the audience's attention by putting in a section with magic a section with witchcraft and a love scene at the end.
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There is a big contrast between the first and the second scene as the first scene is action packed with a boat in a storm and the mariners being rude to royalty and the start of the second scene jumping to an island with Prospero and Miranda talking.

Within the first section we learn about Prospero's character and how he came to the island; his relationship with his daughter; how his emotions show though his language and the tone of his speech. We find out that Prospero was duke of Milan but his brother got him over ...

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