The Tempest Research Paper

The Tempest; A Farewell?

Shakespeare’s troubled life as a playwright was affected by his changing moods. The plays he wrote over the years have changed due to his range of emotions. Shakespeare is seen as a renowned playwright because of his famous works like The Tempest. He has written a vast number of plays throughout his life, 37 to be exact. Shakespeare’s plays can be distinctively set apart by their different tones based on Shakespeare's emotions at the time. "Shakespeare's early career can be defined through his comedic plays, for example, A Midsummer's Night Dream, published around 1595” ("Who Was William Shakespeare?"). “Shakespeare's romances (tragicomic plays) were written late in his career and published originally as either tragedy

This was very significant because it is very unusual for a play to recognize the stage it is performed on written in the play itself. The Globe Theatre is also mentioned earlier in the play as well. “Though this island seem to be desert…” In act 2 scene 1, a conversation between Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio debates whether the island is beautiful or just average. They describe the island as “bare”, much like how the Globe Theatre was described. It was seen as very empty and open, but that gave opportunity to make something of the bareness (David, "Plummer's Prospero at Stratford."). Shakespeare saw his bare stage as beautiful, but others thought differently. This conversation embodies peoples opinions about the Globe Theatre. These two examples show how much the Globe Theatre really meant to Shakespeare, and how it gave the inspiration for his writing. Two years after The Tempest was first performed, The Globe theatre was destroyed in 1613 due to a cannon being fired in a performance. The destruction of Shakespeare's beloved Theatre was a symbolic end to the Shakespearean

Based off his troublesome life, we can conclude he was just searching for peace. He grew up in Stratford, with several siblings. His sister, Annie, died at age 8 when Shakespeare was 15 years old. This was the first tragic event of William’s life. At age 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, who was 26 years old. After 8 years of marriage, Shakespeare began his career of writing at age 26. Shakespeare moved to London for a long period of his life (Paul, "Shakespeare: A Life."). He wrote many plays in London, using inspiration from his surroundings. He started off having some private performances for his plays, and then the Globe Theatre was built. After his time in London, his younger brother Edmund died at age 27 when Shakespeare was 43, and he decided to move back to Stratford. His mother Mary died when he returned to Stratford, putting Shakespeare in a sad and depressed period of his life (A. C. "Shakespeare the Man."). He wrote a few sad and tragic plays during this time and then finally wrote The Tempest. Possibly because of his family issues and his sad emotions, he wrote The Tempest and then stopped writing solo plays. Because of all of this information about his tragic past, it makes it seem that his retirement after The Tempest was to allow him to search for a more peaceful and enjoyable life. There are many ways The Tempest could have been a