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Gleeditions The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
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Recommended Online Edition
• Professor-approved online edition
• Text based directly on First Folio (1623)
• Updated spelling and punctuation
• Modernization of some commonly
used word forms (e.g., ye to you)
 
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Historical/Literary Context
• Renaissance map
• New World exploration
• Stereotypes of American natives
• English playwrights on the "New World"
• White magic vs. black magic
• Humanism
• Courtship and marriage
• Masques
• Shakespeare's sources
• Performance history
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• Search tool
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Annotations for 7 Literary
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• Characters
• Plot
• Setting
• Style
• Themes/Issues
• Vocabulary
• Voice/Point of View
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