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    The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
    The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
    The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
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    The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

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    This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of The Tempest and an easy-to-understand translation.

    Each No Fear Shakespeare contains

    • The complete text of the original play
    • A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language
    • A complete list of characters with descriptions
    • Plenty of helpful commentary
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSparkNotes
    Release dateMay 30, 2018
    ISBN9781411479357
    The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

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      A book for Shakespeare fans who have difficulty understanding his works.
    • 3/5
      I have at least six copies of The Tempest from different publishers. It is my favorite play; I've designed it in grad school; and I have read much about it by many scholars. That being said, this is my least favorite edition. I was going to use the Barnes and Noble edition for my Introduction to Drama class and the bookstore (which is connected to B&N!!!) ordered this one instead. What the heck, I thought, at least the students will appreciate having a modern translation. The problem though is that they read the translation and ignore the magnificent language of Shakespeare. *sigh*
    • 4/5
      I haven’t read a play by William Shakespeare since high school, and I didn’t appreciate his work back then. So, when I saw “The Tempest” in a box from my grandmother’s book collection, I decided to read it with a fresh perspective.

      When a duke named Prospero is betrayed by his own brother, he takes his step daughter on a ship to a deserted island. On the island, the Duke collects spell books and becomes a powerful sorcerer. He raises his step-daughter as his own daughter and refuses to tell her the truth about himself and herself until the right moment.

      One day, Prospero’s brother, who now has taken the title of Duke for himself, is out at sea with his son, coming back home after attending the marriage of his granddaughter. Prospero uses his power to summon spirits to wash the ships and their crews on the island he fled to many years ago.

      I found this story very enjoyable. It displayed all of the basic human emotions in the characters: greed, desire, lust, love, revenge, and compassion. After reading this play, I’m going to be sure to check out more of Shakespeare’s work in the future.

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    The Tempest - William Shakespeare

    ACT ONE

    SCENE 1

    Original Text

    A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard Enter a MASTER and a BOATSWAIN

    MASTER

    Boatswain!

    BOATSWAIN

    Here, master. What cheer?

    MASTER

    Good, speak to th’ mariners. Fall to ’t yarely, or we run ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir.

    Exit MASTER

    Enter MARINERS

    BOATSWAIN

    5

    Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare! Yare! Take in the topsail.—Tend to th’ master’s whistle.—Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough!

    Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others

    ALONSO

    Good Boatswain, have care. Where’s the Master?

    Play the men.

    BOATSWAIN

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    I pray now, keep below.

    ANTONIO

    Where is the Master, Boatswain?

    BOATSWAIN

    Do you not hear him? You mar our labor. Keep your cabins.

    You do assist the storm.

    GONZALO

    Nay, good, be patient.

    BOATSWAIN

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    When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin, silence! Trouble us not.

    GONZALO

    Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.

    BOATSWAIN

    None that I more love than myself. You are a councilor. If you can command these elements to silence and work the

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    peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more. Use your authority. If you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap.—Cheerly, good hearts!—Out of our way, I say.

    Exit BOATSWAIN

    GONZALO

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    I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him. His complexion is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging. Make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is

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    miserable.

    Exeunt GONZALO and courtiers

    Enter BOATSWAIN

    BOATSWAIN

    Down with the topmast! Yare, lower, lower! Bring her to try wi’ th’ main course.

    A cry within

    A plague upon this howling! They are louder than the weather or our office.

    Enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO

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    Yet again? What do you here? Shall we give o’er and drown?

    Have you a mind to sink?

    SEBASTIAN

    A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

    BOATSWAIN

    Work you, then.

    ANTONIO

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    Hang, cur! Hang, you whoreson insolent noisemaker! We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.

    GONZALO

    I’ll warrant him for drowning though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench.

    BOATSWAIN

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    Lay her a-hold, a-hold! Set her two courses off to sea again.

    Lay her off!

    Enter MARINERS, wet

    MARINERS

    All lost! To prayers, to prayers, all lost!

    Exit MARINERS

    BOATSWAIN

    What, must our mouths be cold?

    GONZALO

    The king and prince at prayers. Let’s assist them, for our

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    case is as theirs.

    SEBASTIAN

    I’m out of patience.

    ANTONIO

    We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards. This wide-chopped rascal—would thou mightst lie drowning the washing of ten tides!

    GONZALO

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    He’ll be hanged yet, though every drop of water swear against it and gape at widest to glut him.

    A confused noise within

    VOICES

    (within) Mercy on us!—We split, we split!—Farewell, my wife and children!—Farewell, brother!—We split, we split, we split!

    ANTONIO

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    Let’s all sink wi’ th’ king.

    SEBASTIAN

    Let’s take leave of him.

    Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN

    GONZALO

    Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground: long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be done, but I would fain die a dry death.

    Exeunt

    ACT ONE

    SCENE 1

    Modern Text

    Loud noises of a storm with thunder and lightning.

    A ship’s MASTER and BOATSWAIN enter.

    MASTER

    Boatswain!

    BOATSWAIN

    I’m here, sir. How can I help you?

    MASTER

    My good boy, give the other sailors a pep talk—and do it fast, before we’re shipwrecked. Hurry, hurry!

    The MASTER exits.

    SAILORS enter.

    BOATSWAIN

    Come on, men! That’s the way to do it! Quickly! Quickly! Take in the upper sail. Listen to the master’s orders. —Blow your heart out, storm! So long as we have enough room to avoid running aground!

    ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others enter.

    ALONSO

    Be careful, good Boatswain! Where’s the Master? Make these men work.

    BOATSWAIN

    Please stay below deck, sir.

    ANTONIO

    Where’s the Master, Boatswain?

    BOATSWAIN

    He’s busy, can’t you hear him giving orders? You’re getting in the way of our work. Stay in your cabins. You’re helping the storm, not us.

    GONZALO

    Don’t get wound up, my good man.

    BOATSWAIN

    I’m only wound up because the sea’s wound up. Now get out of here! Do you think these waves care anything about kings and officials? Go to your cabins and be quiet! Don’t bother us up here.

    GONZALO

    Just remember who you’ve got on board with you, good man.

    BOATSWAIN

    Nobody I care about more than myself. You’re a king’s advisor. If you can order the storm to calm down, we can all put down our ropes and rest. Go ahead, use your authority. If you can’t do it, be grateful you’ve lived this long and go wait to die in your cabin, if it comes to that.—Harder, men!—Now get out of our way, I’m telling you.

    The BOATSWAIN exits.

    GONZALO

    I feel a lot better after talking to this guy. He doesn’t look like a person who would drown—he looks like he was born to be hanged. I hope he lives long enough to be hanged. The rope that hangs him will do more good than all the ropes on this ship, since it’ll guarantee he stays alive through this storm. But if he’s not destined to die by hanging, then our chances don’t look too good.

    GONZALO exits with the other men of court.

    The BOATSWAIN enters.

    BOATSWAIN

    Bring down that top sail! Fast! Lower, lower! Let the ship sail close to the wind.

    A shout offstage.

    Damn those men shouting down there! They’re louder than the storm or us sailors.

    SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO enter.

    Oh, not you again. What do you want? Should we all give up and drown? Do you want to sink?

    SEBASTIAN

    Oh, go to hell, you loud-mouthed bastard!

    BOATSWAIN

    Well, get to work, then.

    ANTONIO

    Just die, you lowlife! Go ahead and die, you nasty, rude bastard! You’re more scared of drowning than we are.

    GONZALO

    Yes, I guarantee he won’t drown—even if this ship were as fragile as an eggshell and as leaky as a menstruating woman.

    BOATSWAIN

    Turn the ship to the wind! Set the sails and let her go out to sea again!

    More SAILORS enter, wet.

    SAILORS

    It’s no use! Pray for your lives! We’re done for!

    The SAILORS exit.

    BOATSWAIN

    What, we’re going to die?

    GONZALO

    The king and the prince are praying. Let’s go join them, since whatever happens to them happens to us too.

    SEBASTIAN

    I’m out of patience.

    ANTONIO

    Yes, we’ve been cheated out of our lives by a bunch of drunken, incompetent sailors. This bigmouth jerk here—(to BOATSWAIN) I hope you drown ten times over!

    GONZALO

    He’ll still die by hanging, not drowning, even if every drop of water in the sea tries to swallow him.

    A confused noise offstage.

    VOICES

    God have mercy on us!—The ship’s breaking up!—

    Goodbye, wife and kids!—Goodbye, brother!—

    We’re breaking up, we’re breaking up!

    ANTONIO

    Let’s all sink with the king.

    SEBASTIAN

    Let’s say goodbye to him.

    ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN exit.

    GONZALO

    Right now I’d give a thousand furlongs of sea for one little acre of dry ground: barren weed patch, anything at all. What’s destined to happen will happen, but I’d give anything to be dry when I die.

    They exit.

    ACT 1, SCENE 2

    Original Text

    Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA

    MIRANDA

    If by your art, my dearest father, you have

    Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.

    The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,

    But that the sea, mounting to th’ welkin’s cheek,

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    Dashes the fire out. Oh, I have suffered

    With those that I saw suffer. A brave vessel

    Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her

    Dashed all to pieces. Oh, the cry did knock

    Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished.

    10

    Had I been any god of power, I would

    Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere

    It should the good ship so have swallowed and

    The fraughting souls within her.

    PROSPERO

    Be collected.

    No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart

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    There’s no harm done.

    MIRANDA

    Oh, woe the day!

    PROSPERO

    No harm.

    I have done nothing but in care of thee,

    Of thee, my dear one—thee my daughter, who

    Art ignorant of what thou art, naught knowing

    Of whence I am, nor that I am more better

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    Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell

    And thy no greater father.

    MIRANDA

    More to know

    Did never meddle with my thoughts.

    PROSPERO

    ’Tis time

    I should inform thee farther. Lend thy hand

    And pluck my magic garment from me.

    MIRANDA helps PROSPERO remove his mantle

    So,

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    Lie there, my art.—Wipe thou thine eyes. Have comfort.

    The direful spectacle of the wrack, which touched

    The very virtue of compassion in thee,

    I have with such provision in mine art

    So safely ordered that there is no soul—

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    No, not so much perdition as an hair

    Betid to any creature in the vessel—

    Which thou heard’st cry, which thou sawst sink. Sit down.

    For thou must now know farther.

    MIRANDA

    You have often

    Begun to tell me what I am, but stopped

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    And left me to a bootless inquisition,

    Concluding, Stay. Not yet.

    PROSPERO

    The hour’s now come.

    The very minute bids thee ope thine ear.

    Obey and be attentive. Canst thou remember

    A time before we came unto this cell?

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    I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not

    Out three years old.

    MIRANDA

    Certainly, sir, I can.

    PROSPERO

    By what? By any other house or person?

    Of anything the image tell me that

    Hath kept with thy remembrance.

    MIRANDA

    ’Tis far off,

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    And rather like a dream than an assurance

    That my remembrance warrants. Had I not

    Four or five women once that tended me?

    PROSPERO

    Thou hadst, and more, Miranda. But how is it

    That this lives in thy mind? What seest thou else

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    In the dark backward and abysm of time?

    If thou rememberest aught ere thou camest here,

    How thou camest here thou mayst.

    MIRANDA

    But that I do not.

    PROSPERO

    Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since,

    Thy father was the Duke of Milan and

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    A prince of power.

    MIRANDA

    Sir, are not you my father?

    PROSPERO

    Thy mother was a piece of virtue and

    She said thou wast my daughter. And thy father

    Was Duke of Milan, and thou his only heir

    And princess no worse issued.

    MIRANDA

    Oh, the heavens!

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    What foul play had we that we came from thence?

    Or blessèd was ’t we did?

    PROSPERO

    Both, both, my girl.

    By foul play, as thou sayst, were we heaved thence,

    But blessedly holp hither.

    MIRANDA

    Oh, my heart bleeds

    To think o’ th’ teen that I have turned you to,

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    Which is from my remembrance! Please you, farther.

    PROSPERO

    My brother and thy uncle, called Antonio—

    I pray thee, mark me (that a brother should

    Be so perfidious!)—he whom next thyself

    Of all the world

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