Tempest, The

noun

1. a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.

The Tempest

1. A play by William Shakespeare, sometimes called a comedy but also called a romance — that is, a work involving mysterious happenings in an exotic place. The central character is Prospero, a duke who has been overthrown and banished to an island. As a sage and magician, he rules the spirits who inhabit the island. When the men who overthrew Prospero pass near the island on an ocean voyage, he raises a tempest, wrecks their ship, and causes them to be washed ashore. In the end, they give back to Prospero his former authority, and he gives up his magic.

Prospero's daughter, on first seeing a handsome young man, says, “O brave new world!” a phrase that is often quoted.

Example Sentences

The 24-year-old will play live at The Tempest in Brighton on Wednesday evening.

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An end to the Graeme Shinnie at left-back experiment, the veteran having being turned inside out in the tempest of Celtic's attack in recent weeks.

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There have been calls in recent years for Gill's 1930s work - which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest - to be removed from the BBC's Broadcasting House.

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The president, it seems, is willing to wait out the tempest created by his tariff plan.

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Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver was onstage in her West End debut production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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