Running Head: PLAY ANALYSIS 1
Chamberlain School of Nursing
HUMN 303N
Week 4 Assignment: Essay- Play Analysis
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, Play Analysis- The Tempest 2
William Shakespeare is known for many things some good and bad, but mostly for his
artistic view on the world displayed in poems and plays. One of his more known plays is The
Tempest, written in approximately 1610. Rumor has it that this was one of his last plays he
masterfully wrote. Many works of Shakespeare are dark and show a side a lot of people do not
delve into, but he managed to capture every feeling humanly possible and even provide the
audience with comedic relief. Shakespeare’s works have been taught, studied and recreated for
centuries as it is a part of American culture forever.
In June of 2014 the Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company performed their rendition of
The Tempest and recorded it for all to see. The staging could be described as simple with no
exaggeration to it. There were two staircases used for actors to enter and exit the stage between
their scenes. In the play the main character, Prospero, does a lot on his own and there was a
section on the stage for him to stand or sit when needed without disturbance of moving sets
around. To provide the audience with the mysterious ambience Shakespeare liked to have in his
played they made the lighting dim almost completely dark. In addition to the ambience the
lighting provided it was also to keep the audiences’ attention on center stage. As the play goes on
to show the different characters as they appeared, they used soft spotlights. The costumes were
meek as that was suiting for the time era in which this play was meant for. Though meek no
costume looked the same as it helped aid in the visualization of each character as their own. The
tones at the beginning felt vengeful and progressed into remorseful and forgiving. Many could
interpret the mood swings and tone changes in the play as neoclassical. Neoclassical is a style
termed for Western movements in decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music and
architecture that feeds on the inspiration of classical art and culture (Neoclassical, 2019). This is
style is displayed as two main characters start to love one another. As in most of Shakespeare’s
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Chamberlain School of Nursing
HUMN 303N
Week 4 Assignment: Essay- Play Analysis
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, Play Analysis- The Tempest 2
William Shakespeare is known for many things some good and bad, but mostly for his
artistic view on the world displayed in poems and plays. One of his more known plays is The
Tempest, written in approximately 1610. Rumor has it that this was one of his last plays he
masterfully wrote. Many works of Shakespeare are dark and show a side a lot of people do not
delve into, but he managed to capture every feeling humanly possible and even provide the
audience with comedic relief. Shakespeare’s works have been taught, studied and recreated for
centuries as it is a part of American culture forever.
In June of 2014 the Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company performed their rendition of
The Tempest and recorded it for all to see. The staging could be described as simple with no
exaggeration to it. There were two staircases used for actors to enter and exit the stage between
their scenes. In the play the main character, Prospero, does a lot on his own and there was a
section on the stage for him to stand or sit when needed without disturbance of moving sets
around. To provide the audience with the mysterious ambience Shakespeare liked to have in his
played they made the lighting dim almost completely dark. In addition to the ambience the
lighting provided it was also to keep the audiences’ attention on center stage. As the play goes on
to show the different characters as they appeared, they used soft spotlights. The costumes were
meek as that was suiting for the time era in which this play was meant for. Though meek no
costume looked the same as it helped aid in the visualization of each character as their own. The
tones at the beginning felt vengeful and progressed into remorseful and forgiving. Many could
interpret the mood swings and tone changes in the play as neoclassical. Neoclassical is a style
termed for Western movements in decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music and
architecture that feeds on the inspiration of classical art and culture (Neoclassical, 2019). This is
style is displayed as two main characters start to love one another. As in most of Shakespeare’s
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