Why should you read Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”? - Iseult Gillespie
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5 жыл бұрынExplore 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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@dudiguy3405 5 жыл бұрын
I did this play in high school... The Audience didn't know what was going on. Neither did half the cast.
@hisexcellencypresidentofre4118 4 жыл бұрын
Lol that's funny
@ThomasKnorra 4 жыл бұрын
That is very sad.
@zmertzi 3 жыл бұрын
Thats unfortunate :/ I would love to see a play of this!
@lovethemusic141 3 жыл бұрын
That’s sadly the case with a majority of high schools :( that’s why we need good teachers. It all goes back to them/the director
@TaunellE 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, I've only been able to explain it to two people, ever. Everyone else: "Yeah, no, what happened?" He went out with a bang. "Who's Jove?" Um, Jupiter. (the god) "What happened again?" ...No.
@rea8585 5 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that a couple of funny animations and dark music could make us all read Shakespeare
@kevinnoronha7232 5 жыл бұрын
Dont wasted ur time, i studied it for 2 years and answered my exams just 5 days ago a complete waste of time . this summary is good enough sadly i did not now it was uploaded . This is very brief tho i had to study 200 pages of old english it was horrible.
@bonappetit7522 5 жыл бұрын
Lol I am studying it in class Not my favourite 😂
@gamingladyxx803 4 жыл бұрын
Rea Kariz but performing it on a huge stage is better
@RuyG 4 жыл бұрын
For sure it's worth to read. Not a summary, not a movie, but the actual play. But surely an animated version with a soundtrack, read by professional artists would make it more interesting. Of course, movies and summaries have their value as entertainment and students' aid, but they don't substitute the original work. I love your idea.
@hydregionunknown8067 2 жыл бұрын
Why would you read something that you can't understanding
@mariamea7334 5 жыл бұрын
My favorite dis from a Shakespeare book: *"What? You egg!"*
@FujiAppul 4 жыл бұрын
*[He stabs him.]*
@micheasz2552 3 жыл бұрын
*He has killed me mother !*
@rageagainstthemicrowave1313 3 жыл бұрын
Y o u n g f r y o f t r e a c h e r y
@flaviaa55 3 жыл бұрын
@@micheasz2552 [dies]
@Alpha1200 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@jamiee7367 4 жыл бұрын
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_
@Chinaboatman 3 жыл бұрын
But it was probably his retirement from the stage. I see the Fletcher collaborations as Shakespeare being bored to tears in his retirement in Stratford and telling them to send the boy up write a play with him. I can imagine the conversation: "But Master Will no-one watches those history plays anymore... it's all cynical city comedies now..." "Nonsense, did I tell you about the tears when Talbot and his son died..." "sigh. Yes, Master Will..."
@rogerhudson2814 2 жыл бұрын
It's also the opening play of the 'First Folio ' of published plays.
@Nullifidian Жыл бұрын
True, but he probably knew he was going to retire from the stage anyway, which is why John Fletcher was brought in as a collaborator. It was a way of breaking him in as Shakespeare's successor, which he became for the King's Men. Writing plays at this time was treated like a craft and elder playwrights were routinely paired with what one might call "journeymen playwrights". When Shakespeare was younger, he co-wrote plays with Thomas Nashe, Thomas Kyd, George Peele, and possibly Christopher Marlowe who, though he was an almost exact contemporary of Shakespeare, was still the more experienced playwright by some years. Then when Shakespeare became the elder playwright, he was paired with new talent like George Wilkins (who only lasted three years in the writing biz, and whose _Pericles_ might have been an abandoned project Shakespeare took over), Thomas Middleton, and John Fletcher.
@BobMcCoy 5 жыл бұрын
*To Read, or not to Rea-* *_TED-Ed wants to know your location_*
@leojiangtheterrible7142 5 жыл бұрын
you are everywhere boi
@illustriousmonster 5 жыл бұрын
blocked :)
@camiloiribarren1450 5 жыл бұрын
Never got a chance to read it but I will soon. It’s looks like a great story
@lavanya9850 5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@nigarmustafa7222 5 жыл бұрын
And a very engrossing one too
@Logitah 5 жыл бұрын
Had to read it for a course and I am eternally grateful!
@kevinnoronha7232 5 жыл бұрын
Dont wasted ur time, i studied it for 2 years and answered my exams just 5 days ago a complete waste of time . this summary is good enough sadly i did not now it was uploaded . This is very brief tho i had to study 200 pages of old english it was horrible.
@Logitah 5 жыл бұрын
@@kevinnoronha7232 You just lack patience.
@sudipabhattacharya13 5 жыл бұрын
The Tempest is one of my most favourite Shakespearean plays. Thank u Ted-Ed for making a video on it! 😃🤓
@codywhite3340 5 жыл бұрын
not trying to be mean bet its spelled thank
@gaurangr1767 5 жыл бұрын
That's ur English after reading reading 2 Shakespeare books
@shreyaspakhare1313 5 жыл бұрын
@@gaurangr1767 from ISC/ICSE? 😂😂
@kevinnoronha7232 5 жыл бұрын
@@shreyaspakhare1313 ISC this year 4 days ago
@rigvedanshtripathi1503 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@michyoung77 4 жыл бұрын
The tempest is my absolute favorite of Shakespeare’s. It is profoundly deep and introspective, and sheds so much light on many topics.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@ashfreywar9862 5 жыл бұрын
3:00 you forgot to mention one extremely important part as to why caliban was imprisoned.
@Gowri_Prakash 3 жыл бұрын
Well, why is Caliban imprisoned?
@sebulbasebulby9354 3 жыл бұрын
@@Gowri_Prakash he tried to hurt Prospero's daughter
@Gowri_Prakash 3 жыл бұрын
@@sebulbasebulby9354 oh thanks
@kaynenmoniz9280 2 жыл бұрын
@@sebulbasebulby9354 yeah, _hurt_
@bitoffbalance4021 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gowri_Prakash molestation
@arturia7978 5 жыл бұрын
I got chills at the last quote
@nellherself 4 жыл бұрын
Why should you read Shakespeares the tempest: Me: because it required for school....
@LLL_14_85 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this story was a part of my syllabus in 9th std
@tausifchowdhury8180 3 жыл бұрын
You have std?
@reesechang3418 3 жыл бұрын
yesssss this is so real lol
@devanshchauhan471 3 жыл бұрын
@@LLL_14_85 where are you from bro?
@harshsrivastava31 2 жыл бұрын
Here in India we study it in high school +2
@LS-ov7cw 5 жыл бұрын
I've always thought Prospero's soliloquy at the end was always Shakespeare's final bow. It was such a breath-taking soliloquy.
@GrrMeister 2 жыл бұрын
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. The Tempest Final Act - William Shakespeare [1564-1616]
@GhANeC Жыл бұрын
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.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@albertamalachi3560 5 жыл бұрын
Shakespeare. Doing meta before meta was soooo meta.
@justanotherbohemian3827 5 жыл бұрын
What a stunning narration! This lady should narrate more videos! Great job as always, Ted Ed! ❤
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@boredandignored7886 5 жыл бұрын
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? 🤔
@ThePhenomBot 5 жыл бұрын
Alienhead Monsters good luck for board exams
@wijcik 5 жыл бұрын
There was a version with Colin Morgan at the Globe theatre that was amazing. You may like it now. Hope your course goes well.
@boredandignored7886 5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePhenomBot thanks much
@boredandignored7886 5 жыл бұрын
@@wijcik I might, thanks anyways
@Logitah 5 жыл бұрын
It might be that you understand it better now. Perhaps watch some good recording of the play while reading? Good acting usually makes a text easier to process.
@jalapeno1119 5 жыл бұрын
I want to read the play after playing Life is Strange Before The Storm
@rajatshukla2605 3 жыл бұрын
Is there some overlap ?
@fdtrillo 3 жыл бұрын
@@rajatshukla2605 In one part of the story the MC has to participate in the play!
@leiannesw4926 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@brendanpitlo8408 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@TheeRighteousOnee 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Thank you so much for fulfilling my request! ❤ I have to read this again.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@rishitabiswas2388 5 жыл бұрын
We have the entire play in our syllabus. I'm loving it so far. Thanks TED-Ed for explaining so fluently.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed Edit: I meant agreed
@ijeleo92 5 жыл бұрын
Please keep making these. I love them 😍
@SuluhPandu Жыл бұрын
I am here to know what kind of ending will Gundam Witch of Mercury will have
@maleorembrandt8324 Жыл бұрын
Well kinda spoil the narrative isn't it
@Idekam20 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite plays to read about in Literature. I love it so much. I also love this video. The animation is nice and it sums up the story quite well.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@dibn1308 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this short version of the play.....love this ...
@harshalbhanarkar 4 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating how u guys work hard and create such amazing videos!!
@Bryan-vu5fu 5 жыл бұрын
Great narration. Thank you, Iseult Gillespie!
@shreyaspakhare1313 5 жыл бұрын
ISC anyone??😂😂
@sayak6341 4 жыл бұрын
We know the pain
@paridhisingh9788 4 жыл бұрын
Its enjoyable though! :)
@aditisk99 4 жыл бұрын
Read a scene I guess in English Literature in 2009-Icse
@r.i.t.i.k.a 4 жыл бұрын
I LOOOOOOOVE Shakespeare
@mavoriginals 4 жыл бұрын
Macbeth tho!😅
@ShivangSingh1492 5 жыл бұрын
When the video came close to being finished : "I was thinking why this review is getting over before it's even has begun".🤔😍
@shinysana1958 5 жыл бұрын
Wow... this is one of your best animations TedEd👏👏
@debadityabarman146 3 жыл бұрын
I literally had chills while listening to his last line.
@homeschooledaroundtheworld4660 3 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite Shakespeare’s work and the inspiration to read Shakespeare. Genius🧚🏼♂️
@laurenl154 5 жыл бұрын
Definitely always has been my favorite of Shakespeare's plays. So good!!
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@kirstinemmanuel-sule4175 2 жыл бұрын
Ted ed videos always make me see books I have read before in new light and thus challenge me to wander round the fields of the writer's mind afresh
@bibinggka 5 жыл бұрын
The way this was animated is wonderful uGHhh ♡
@jamdc2000 5 жыл бұрын
The animation is simply beautiful
@AnnaFresa1 2 жыл бұрын
I have read Shakespeare about 12 yrs ago and almost forgot everything. Great way to revise it. Thank you 😊
@gulp_gulp563 9 ай бұрын
man, the animation done for this is beautiful!!!
@Nullifidian Жыл бұрын
What serendipity! Today I decided to reread the First Folio since it's that book's 400th anniversary this year. The first play in it is _The Tempest_ , and even as I'm reading the play this video now shows up in my recommendations.
@falowne7597 4 жыл бұрын
I just appreciate this play so much, I hope my essay will honor it as much as this video did
@divvyajain2090 3 жыл бұрын
Really grateful to watch such an amazing clip. Thanks to my English teacher for sharing this deep message with us. 🙂
@tobiposte2223 5 жыл бұрын
0:25 Okay I can't be the only one who sees his mustache as a creepy smile right?
@kusumawidarta1175 3 жыл бұрын
In 2017, I wrote an essay about this play for my assignment. Now I watch this video to entertain and bring back my college life's memories😄 I really like Shakespeare works thou.
@rubberd6cky 3 жыл бұрын
i have an essay assignment on this due monday 17th may :( haven't started lol
@jacenroyal3996 5 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this....my favourite from Shakespeare along with king lear and the taming of the shrew
@salemdohan7711 3 жыл бұрын
BRUH THE ANIMATION IS SICK DAMN!!!!
@Suranjan_Malik Жыл бұрын
My god !! I have no other words, I just want to say, " it's wonderful". I've read the play but the way you presented is truly mind blowing.
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Ag😢
@yellowstarproductions6743 5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@irinakaranfilovska5341 4 жыл бұрын
Lovely play and lovely video as well!
@ashleyhyatt6319 5 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites, including all the others.
@johnnybadboy3475 5 жыл бұрын
This looks like the animation from the brother’s character arc in _The Breadwinner._
@ferjanbalubarmabacyao9116 5 жыл бұрын
I literally love that calm music I LSS that 💖
@vzwompytikommp9780 5 жыл бұрын
MY FAVORITE PLAY!! so happy :D
@TaylorSwiftsBestFriend 5 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’ve read the play before the video was uploaded . So I have a better insight for the play
@imanimaldonado1626 5 жыл бұрын
Wait that's weird, my English class just started the Tempest
@brendanpitlo8408 3 жыл бұрын
Utterly brilliant summary.
@stefanotrombino4832 3 жыл бұрын
Wow what a special representation!!! Thank u it’s wonderful !
@Skreeree 5 жыл бұрын
We literally just finished doing the tempest in ELA and we did skits for each act I loved it
@Baalark8all 2 жыл бұрын
Animation is really exquisite and eye catching.. and the background music is sharp.
@sanjuk9390 4 жыл бұрын
Wow this was amazing!!👍👏
@syd-matters9562 5 жыл бұрын
Life is strange made me read this masterpiece! Thank you rachel&chloe♡
@nbmaster6999 5 жыл бұрын
Was in my syllabus,,,,,loved it.....
@mdfaiz1959 5 жыл бұрын
Who all are watching this before their board exam...
@mr.sarcastic3980 5 жыл бұрын
Me
@gayatrimestry4509 5 жыл бұрын
Mee😶
@puneetp2225 5 жыл бұрын
Mee too
@nafishy 5 жыл бұрын
me before isc board exams
@malharvaishampayan8147 5 жыл бұрын
Mee
@Yo_Kelz Жыл бұрын
Who here after the Gundam WFM season 1 finale looking for answers?!
@mdmahfuz885 5 жыл бұрын
All of your videos are the best and cool
@smnnightangels4764 4 жыл бұрын
I love Shakespeare's every single novels or u can say his plays So much that I have read all of them!
@zmertzi 3 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading the Folger one. It is really good!! A must read
@jackmyers8687 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite Shakespeare, tied with "The Merchant of Venice"
@ElvenAngel 5 жыл бұрын
An excellent video on Shakespeare's play! I hope you consider covering Jane Austen's works!
@sophiatalksmusic3588 5 жыл бұрын
Started reading it but never finished. Will have to get back to it!
@naboshtyy 2 жыл бұрын
We study this story in iraq schools, My teacher read this story in class but I don't understand it but now I understand and I loved this story . in Monday we have exam in this story and I want get a high score.
@thehappyfaceproducts 5 жыл бұрын
Nice, my favorite Shakespeare!
@bellac6311 4 жыл бұрын
The tempest is my all time favourite Shakespeare play
@bhavneetkaur6668 5 жыл бұрын
Explaination is superb 👍
@Kaylean59 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video
@user-dj6zy4bc5r 5 жыл бұрын
This is so fun. You should broadcast your animations
@phantombeard6262 5 жыл бұрын
I never read it, wish I could! Amazing job as always Ted-Ed! History vs Sigmund Freud?
@quochungbui6769 Жыл бұрын
A very well made video!
@nilsp9426 5 жыл бұрын
I would love a video about Berthold Brecht, the brothers Grimm, or Heinrich von Kleist. I know they did not write in english. But neither did Tolstoy or Homer. You could feature more classics from other languages. French. Spanish. German. Arabic. Arabic literature is something I sadly know nothing about, but there surely are some treasures to be found!
@mr.commenter7953 5 жыл бұрын
I have this for my exam!
@Mariuxszas 5 жыл бұрын
This video helped me understand underlying storyline from "Ilium" by Dan Simmons. Seriously considering reading "The Tempest" in order to compare both works :)
@youtait 4 жыл бұрын
okay but the art in this video is beautiful
@superquietbunny 2 жыл бұрын
that was beautifully written
@igoroliveira3774 5 жыл бұрын
I've watched just one minute and thirty seconds and I'm longing to read this already
@pipmitchell7059 2 жыл бұрын
I saw the RSC production with Patrick Stewart. Wow!
@maianhtrinh4982 5 жыл бұрын
this is fascinating
@GGPlex_ 5 жыл бұрын
Could you cover the story “roadside picnic”. It’s so far one of my favorite story as of now.
@puneetp2225 5 жыл бұрын
Great story
@NickSquaredTV 5 жыл бұрын
You’ve got to do A Winters Tale next. It’s one of the best. I can write it for you!
@nihalkhan7435 4 жыл бұрын
you guys make anything look awsome i hope we do this in school
@oops6761 5 жыл бұрын
I had to learn the tempest play in grade 3 (just the basics, not writing essays or stuff like that). We had to do a play on it. I was Miranda. I was traumatized.
@pasqualinamichelaconsiglio9391 5 жыл бұрын
In short, Prospero was a sadist.
@AkshayKumar-sd1mx 5 жыл бұрын
I love the animation.
@spirantnihil Жыл бұрын
Came here because of Gundam Witch from Mercury. Didn't expect to find so many similarities.
@nandinirastogi7957 5 жыл бұрын
Studied this drama for 2 years.... Now I miss Shakespeare
@ThePhenomBot 5 жыл бұрын
In few weeks I have English exam on Tempest. Thanks for the video🌟
@arthurdiserbeau1736 5 жыл бұрын
I love the voice of narrator!
@naveedahsan7315 5 жыл бұрын
I would really recommend making a. Ted Ed library
@makishuriken3865 5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I came here because of Life Is Strange: Before The Storm and I gotta say, I ain't disappointed
@alicegoolden809 5 жыл бұрын
I have a book of the complete works of Shakespeare as there was a long list of his works that i want to read this being one of them
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