false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170344801m/47046.jpg 12985 197 1359590 book 1609 The Tempest total:13784|5:3597|4:4691|3:4140|2:1178|1:178| 13784 51703 16646 372 4553170 0719101816 9780719101816 8 1 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4553170.The_tempest_Or_The_enchanted_island_1670 3 14 false Tue Mar 24 18:49:59 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 19:19:42 -0700 2009 *or maybe not so abridged. But in my defense, this play is really fucking complicated*

MIRANDA: So, um, Daddy, did you notice that huge-ass storm that just crashed a ship on the shore of our previously deserted island?
PROSPERO: Wow, is it exposition tim...more...]]> 753005 048640658X 9780486406589 34 5 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178047086m/753005.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/753005.The_Tempest 5 3 false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 00:01:41 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 11 22:43:45 -0800 2009 3
Wouldn't it be interesting if Prospero, Ariel, Sycorax and Caliban are used in another story? A darker, bloodier, gung-hoer story involving time-machines and space lizards? I say yes.
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Above was my old review. I chose not to erase it so I will always ...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 5 2 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 10:09:49 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 10:16:20 -0700 2008 that's my kind of story! Funny in parts, bit of intrigue, bad guys getting pinched and a happy ending all around. Mind you, I would have liked for Antonio to have received some of those pinches, he got off far to lightly in my opinion. I must not have quite the forgiving nature of Prospero. ...more...]]> 286802 0140714855 9780140714852 179 14 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173419718m/286802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286802.The_Tempest 3 1 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed May 02 17:43:42 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 17:49:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1167568 0671722905 9780671722906 48 2 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181583429m/1167568.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1167568.The_Tempest 5 1 false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:16:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:16:51 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 20:58:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 21:07:57 -0800 2009
I performed as Miranda in this play when I was in the fifth grade. I wish I had more memories of doing so, because how in God's name could we have staged this at an elementary school? Our (AWESOME) director must've cut the whole thing to shreds, b...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 5 0 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:46:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:46:41 -0700 2009 On this read, I realized just how rife this play is with usurpation. Antonio usurped Prospero, Prospero usurped Sycorax and Caliban, Sycorax and Caliban usurped Ariel, Caliban and Stephano are attempting to usurp Prospero, Sebastian is attempting to usurp Alonso, and ...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 4 0 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:55:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:03:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 3 0 false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:32:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 06:34:09 -0700 2009 The Tempest. I so wanted to love it. And for the first three acts I did. There are some great parallels between different characters making similar choices in slightly different contexts. There is fun feuding between master and servant. There’s also a brainless love story, but tho...more...]]> 286802 0140714855 9780140714852 179 14 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173419718m/286802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286802.The_Tempest 4 0 true Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 01:14:14 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 14:07:44 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 0 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:32:59 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 19:24:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 4 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 17:29:14 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 17:33:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 753005 048640658X 9780486406589 34 5 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178047086m/753005.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/753005.The_Tempest 0 1 false Tue Sep 11 14:50:36 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 19:25:28 -0700 2007
I loved the part of Ariel, the spirit. She could move and sing like nobody's business. I also liked all the Cirque du Soleil shi...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 5 0 false Mon Nov 09 05:27:34 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:36:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 286802 0140714855 9780140714852 179 14 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173419718m/286802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286802.The_Tempest 4 3 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 09:53:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:36:29 -0700 2009
I read this so that I could read Arno Schmidt's School for Atheists, which according to the back cover draws heavily from The Tempest. I didn't love The Tempest as much as say Hamlet, but I enjoyed it just fine. I'll probably need to re-read it again to ...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 0 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 13:35:42 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:19:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 5 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 12 22:14:27 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 25 15:22:14 -0800 2008 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 0 0 false Sat Sep 26 13:01:16 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:19:02 -0700 2009
I haven't seen Lost, so I can't comment. If it involves a group of people shipwrecked on a barren island and being unwittingly manipulated by ethereal, conspiring forces that are remnants of a tim...more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jul 11 01:07:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 01:20:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12985 0743482832 9780743482837 12197 270 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512850m/12985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12985.The_Tempest 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 15:18:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:55:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47046