The Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

莎士比亞晚年悲喜劇作品，傳奇劇經典代表作

一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電，應作如是觀。

故事描寫米蘭公爵普洛斯帕羅因整日沉迷專研法術，將國政寄託胞弟安圖尼歐管理，想不到安圖尼歐一不做二不休，索性取而代之，並將普洛斯帕羅及年幼的女兒米蘭達棄於汪洋，父女倆最後漂流至一荒島。放眼一望無際的海洋，遺世孤立普洛斯帕羅該如何是好？

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'We are such stuff

As dreams are made on; and our little life

Is rounded with a sleep.'

Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare's The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions and a shipwreck. Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so, Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing 'men' from 'monsters', and the realities of justice.

■威廉．莎士比亞／William Shakespeare（1564-1616）

英國戲劇家和詩人威廉．莎士比亞，為西方文學史上最具原創力的作家。莎士比亞的創作生涯通常被分成四個階段。一五九○年代中期之前，他主要創作喜劇，其風格受羅馬和義大利影響，同時按照流行的編年史傳統創作歷史劇。他的第二個階段開始於大約一五九五年的悲劇《羅密歐與朱麗葉》，結束於一五九九年的悲劇《朱利葉斯．凱撒》。在這段時期，他創作了他最著名的喜劇和歷史劇。從大約一六○○年到大約一六○八年為他的「悲劇時期」，莎士比亞創作以悲劇為主。從大約一六○八年到一六一三年，他主要創作悲喜劇，被稱為莎士比亞晚期傳奇劇。

時至今日，他的影響仍無遠弗界，深植全球各地，彌久而深遠。莎翁流傳後世的作品包括卅八部戲劇、百五十四首十四行詩、兩首長敘事詩和其他詩歌；全世界各種主要語言皆有其劇作譯本，且表演次數遠超過其他劇作家的作品。

William Shakespeare was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

作者：威廉．莎士比亞／William Shakespeare

系列：Collins Classics

規格：小平裝／Massmarket Paperback，11.2 x 17.8 x 1.7 cm，208頁

出版商：HarperCollins Publishers

出版日期：2011年09月15日

語言：英文

ISBN-13：978-0-00-790235-4

The Tempest 新書。

The Tempest. Conition: New.

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