The Tempest, a play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is believed to be one of his last works written. It was most likely composed between 1610 and 1611. The plot is set on a lonely island where the magician Prospero, a complicated and contradictory man, lives with his daughter Miranda and his two slaves, the terrible monster figure Caliban and the ethereal spirit Ariel, after the opening scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a storm. The show includes songs and music that capture the enchanted atmosphere of the island. Numerous themes are covered, such as magic, treachery, retaliation, and family. A bridal masque acts as a play inside a play in Act IV and adds spectacle, metaphor, and sophisticated vocabulary.
The Tempest, which is designated in the First Folio as the first of Shakespeare's comedies but really deals with both tragic and comedic elements, has been classified as romance in contemporary criticism along with other late plays by Shakespeare. The Tempest has been subjected to a variety of interpretations, from those that view it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero standing in for Shakespeare and Shakespeare's departure from the stage signified by Prospero's renunciation of magic, to those that view it as an allegory of Europeans colonizing other lands.
The precise year The Tempest was written is unknown, however evidence suggests that it was probably written between late 1610 and mid-1611. It is regarded as one of Shakespeare's last solo plays. There is evidence that the writing of The Winter's Tale may have taken place before, after, or concurrently. On November 8th, 1623, Edward Blount submitted The Tempest into the Stationers' Register. On that day, Blount recorded 16 Shakespearean plays, and that one was one of them.
