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Explore early-seventeenth century attitudes to the 'New World' in The Tempest.
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05/03/03 English Literature: The Tempest James Hare Explore early-seventeenth century attitudes to the 'New World' in The Tempest One of the most influential writers in all of English literature, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. Around 1590 he left his family behind and travelled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Shakespeare quickly received public and critical acclaim and soon became the most popular playwright in England and a part owner of the Globe Theatre. Wealthy and renowned, Shakespeare retired to Stratford and died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two. The Tempest is probably the last play Shakespeare wrote, being written around 1610, first performed at Court by the King's Men in the autumn of 1611. It is remarkable for being one of only two plays he wrote in which the...
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