Why should you read Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”? - Iseult Gillespie

Explore William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”, a story of shipwreck, magic and a fight for power.

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Claps of thunder and flashes of lightning illuminate a swelling sea, as a ship buckles beneath the waves. It is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. Why does this play still resonate with modern readers? Iseult Gillespie investigates.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Héloïse Dorsan Rachet.

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[dudiguy]

I did this play in high school...
The Audience didn't know what was going on. Neither did half the cast.

[rea]

Who would have thought that a couple of funny animations and dark music could make us all read Shakespeare

[mariamea]

My favorite dis from a Shakespeare book:
*"What? You egg!"*

[camiloiribarren]

Never got a chance to read it but I will soon. It’s looks like a great story

[Alpha]

I'm all for deep and thoughtful analysis of literature, but can I just take a moment to point out how utterly awesome the moment at 3:30 is? That moment was so well-done. The narration, music and animation really deliver that moment, imo.

[sudipabhattacharya]

The Tempest is one of my most favourite Shakespearean plays. Thank u Ted-Ed for making a video on it! 😃🤓

[michyoung]

The tempest is my absolute favorite of Shakespeare’s. It is profoundly deep and introspective, and sheds so much light on many topics.

[jamiee]

Ok, a lot of people like to see _The Tempest_ as Shakespeare's final play, with Prospero giving up his magic being interpreted as Shakespeare retiring, but it's not. It was Shakespeare's last _solo_ play, but it wasn't his _final_ play overall.
So, Shakespeare wrote _The Tempest_ in 1611. Immediately afterward, from 1612—1613, Shakespeare wrote three more plays, all in collaboration with fellow playwright John Fletcher. These plays were, in order of writing:
_Cardenio_ (now partially lost)
_All is True, _ or _Henry VIII_
_The Two Noble Kinsmen_

[ashfreywar]

3:00 you forgot to mention one extremely important part as to why caliban was imprisoned.

[rigvedanshtripathi]

Their ship wasn't destroyed tho.
It was in a deep nook where once at midnight prospero had called Ariel to collect the magical dews from the still vex'd Bermoothes.

[BobMcCoy]

*To Read, or not to Rea-*

*_TED-Ed wants to know your location_*

[GhANeC]

I once watched a beautiful live interpretation of this play. A dynamic, moving one (literally, the audience moved from place to place) inside a mountain castle grounds, lightly illuminated at night.

[nellherself]

Why should you read Shakespeares the tempest:


Me: because it required for school....

[LS-ovcw]

I've always thought Prospero's soliloquy at the end was always Shakespeare's final bow. It was such a breath-taking soliloquy.

[justanotherbohemian]

What a stunning narration! This lady should narrate more videos! Great job as always, Ted Ed! ❤

[brendanpitlo]

A brilliant animation that manages the capture the spirit of the play, rather than just providing a dry summary. I use it for my year 12 Literature class when discussing the influence of Shakespeare on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

[leiannesw]

Love Shakespeare! This was wonderful, Thank You! My son did "The Tempest" play in High School. This brought another generation to the beautiful art of Shakespeare.

[TheeRighteousOnee]

Amazing. Thank you so much for fulfilling my request! ❤ I have to read this again.

[boredandignored]

The Tempest is a part of my literature course book for this year. I never really liked the story much but why do I have a change of mind after watching this video? 🤔

[albertamalachi]

Shakespeare. Doing meta before meta was soooo meta.