This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.Note that the above quotation is an example of enjambement, which is when the end of the clause does not coincide with the end of the verse or line, and runs on to the next line. The action of the invisible world on man The Tempest symbolizes the action of man on the invisible world.'' The principal difference between the plays so far as they relate to this subject is accurately summarised by Victor Hugo as follows ' A Midsummer Night's Dream depicts 'In The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare portrays man in connection with the supernatural. You can read more about Shakespeare's connection to Strachey here.Īs dreams are made on and our little life It seems Strachey's tales greatly influenced Shakespeare, particularly his accounts of the shipwreck and island life.

Shakespeare also had access to a fascinating report by William Strachey, an author and explorer who had been marooned for ten months in Bermuda. Notice that Caliban, the name of the character who represents Montaigne's natural man, is an anagram of cannibal (spelled canibal in Shakespeare's time). Gonzalo's speech on an ideal commonwealth (2.1.143-160) is a direct reference to and refutation of Montaigne's notion of a utopian society, which would be free from obedience to social and moral laws. Both works are concerned with the differences between natural and artificial society and between barbaric and moral man. Montaigne's essay on the New World, Of Cannibals, is an undisputed source for Shakespeare's The Tempest. You taught me language and my profit on't How to Pronounce the Names in The TempestĪ Midsummer Night's Dream: Exam Questions and Answers The Significance of The Tempest to the Editors of the First FolioĮxploring the Nature of Shakespearean Comedyīlank Verse, Prose, and Diction in Shakespeare's Tempest

The Relationship Between Miranda and Ferdinand The Contrast Between Ariel and Caliban in Shakespeare's Tempest Magic, Books, and the Supernatural in The Tempest Before PROSPERO'S cell.Įxamination Questions and Answers on The Tempestįorgiveness and Reconciliation in The Tempest Please see the bottom of this page for helpful Tempest resources.

The Tempest by William Shakespeare