The Tempest

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Shakespearean comedy late Shakespearean romance play stage work

The Tempest is a late Shakespearean play that blends shipwreck-driven adventure with themes of magic, power, and reconciliation on a remote island.

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Label Occurrences
The Tempest canonical 35
The Tempest by William Shakespeare 3
The Tempest, Act II 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean comedy ⓘ
late Shakespearean romance ⓘ
play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate 1610–1611 ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ
centralConflict Prospero vs. his usurping brother Antonio ⓘ
closingEvent Prospero’s renunciation of magic ⓘ
containsElement masque ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
supernatural beings ⓘ
dramaticCategory late romance of Shakespeare ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alonso ⓘ
Antonio ⓘ
Ariel ⓘ
Caliban ⓘ
Ferdinand ⓘ
Gonzalo ⓘ
Miranda ⓘ
Prospero ⓘ
Sebastian ⓘ
Stephano ⓘ
Trinculo ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1611 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1623 ⓘ
firstPublisher First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: First Folio
genre comedy ⓘ
romance ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
influenced Western interpretations of colonialism in literature ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm verse and prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era
notableAdaptation Forbidden Planet ⓘ
surface form: film "Forbidden Planet" (loosely based)

opera "The Tempest" by Thomas Adès ⓘ
openingEvent a storm at sea ⓘ
plotDevice shipwreck ⓘ
primaryTheme colonialism ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
freedom and servitude ⓘ
magic ⓘ
power ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
usurpation ⓘ
setting a remote Mediterranean island ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea Venture shipwreck → inspiredWork → The Tempest ⓘ
The Waste Land → alludesTo → The Tempest ⓘ
William Shakespeare → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Ariel → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
Ariel → firstAppearance → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of The Tempest
Sea Venture → influencedWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
William Strachey → influenced → The Tempest ⓘ
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays → containsWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Jack Frost → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tempest
works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → The Tempest ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
King's Men → performedWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Gonzalo → appearsInWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Tempest"
A Game of Chess → alludesTo → The Tempest ⓘ
The Fire Sermon → alludesTo → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Derek Jarman → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Forbidden Planet → inspiredBy → The Tempest ⓘ
Thomas Adès → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Venetian Renaissance → hasNotableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Raymond Joseph Teller → hasDirected → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest (stage production with magic elements)
Adjoa Andoh → performedIn → The Tempest ⓘ
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George C. Wolfe → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park production)
Isles of Wonder → titleReference → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Estelle Winwood → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest (stage)
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human → includesAnalysisOf → The Tempest ⓘ
Steppenwolf Theatre Company → hasProduction → The Tempest ⓘ
Raul Julia → notableWork → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest (stage performance)
Miranda → appearsInWork → The Tempest ⓘ
Miranda → firstAppearance → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act I
Stephano → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
Stephano → firstAppearance → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act II
Trinculo → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
Trinculo → firstAppearance → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act II
Trinculo → speaksIn → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act II Scene II
Trinculo → speaksIn → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act III Scene II
Trinculo → speaksIn → The Tempest ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act IV Scene I
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this entity surface form: The Tempest (Shakespeare play)
A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight → influenced → The Tempest ⓘ
Full Fathom Five → alludesTo → The Tempest ⓘ
Prospero → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
Sycorax → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
Sycorax → mentionedIn → The Tempest ⓘ
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subject surface form: Full fathom five
song “Full fathom five” → quotationFrom → The Tempest ⓘ
subject surface form: Full fathom five
this entity surface form: The Tempest, Act I, Scene II
song “Come unto these yellow sands” → partOfWork → The Tempest ⓘ
subject surface form: Come unto these yellow sands
song “Come unto these yellow sands” → appearsIn → The Tempest ⓘ
subject surface form: Come unto these yellow sands
song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I” → partOfWork → The Tempest ⓘ
subject surface form: Where the bee sucks, there suck I