Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing 'men' from 'monsters', and the realities of justice.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Established by John Dover Wilson for the Cambridge University Press
- 1117 pages
- 40 hours of reading
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- 1263 pages
- 45 hours of reading
Gathers all of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems.