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The Tempest
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The Tempest contains sublime poetry and catchy songs, magic and low comedy, while it tackles important contemporary concerns: education, power politics, the effects of colonization, and technology. In this guide, Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan open up new ways into one of Shakespeare’s most popular, malleable and controversial plays.
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The Tempest contains sublime poetry and catchy songs, magic and low comedy, while it tackles important contemporary concerns: education, power politics, the effects of colonization, and technology.
In this guide, Alden T.
Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan open up new ways into one of Shakespeare’s most popular, malleable and controversial plays.
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