Shakespeare's farewell to the stage is a play of enduring enchantment and one of the richest treasures to be found in drama. Marooned on an isle somewhere in the New World, a great but embittered magician prepares to take vengeance on those who have wronged him, only to learn the nature of compassion ... impulse for healing, the longing for companionship, and the beginning of forward movement in lives stuck in the past. Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, has lived a solitary life of study for 12 years on an unnamed island with his daughter, Miranda, his "subjects" Caliban and Ariel, and the...

• Word Count: 442
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate