Shakespeare's The Tempest: Plot and Conflict

I talk about the plot of The Tempest and how to understand the internal and external conflicts.
See below for links to other Shakespeare discussions:
Twelfth Night: January 2-8 • Shakespeare's Twelfth ... ​
Henry VI Part 1: January 10-16 • Shakespeare's Henry VI... ​
Henry VI Part 2: January 18-25 • Shakespeare's Henry VI... ​
Henry VI Part 3: January 27-February 2 • Shakespeare's Henry VI... ​
Comedy of Errors: February 4-8 • Shakespeare's Comedy o... ​
Taming of the Shrew: February 10-15 • Shakespeare's Taming o... ​
Titus Andronicus: February 17-22 • Shakespeare's Titus An... ​
Romeo and Juliet: February 24-March 2 • Shakespeare's Romeo & ... ​
• Shakespeare's Romeo & ... ​
Richard III: March 4-12
Julius Caesar: March 14-19 • Shakespeare's Julius C... ​
Two Gentlemen of Verona: March 21-25 • Shakespeare's Two Gent... ​
King John: March 27-April 1 • Shakespeare's King Joh... ​
Richard II: April 3-9 • Shakespeare's Richard ... ​
Venus and Adonis: April 13-17 • Shakespeare's "Venus a... ​
Hamlet: April 19-28 • Shakespeare's Hamlet: ... ​
The Rape of Lucrece: April 30-May 4 • Shakespeare's "Lucrece... ​
Sonnets 1-80: May 6-8 • Shakespeare's Sonnets ​
Bonus Episode! Sir Thomas More: • Shakespeare's Sir Thom... ​
Othello: May 11-18 • Shakespeare's Othello-... ​
Sonnets 81-154: May 20-22 • Shakespeare's Sonnets ​
Love’s Labour’s Lost: May 26-June 2 • Shakespeare's Love's L... ​
Pericles: June 4-9 • Shakespeare's Pericles... ​
Cymbeline: June 11-18 • Shakespeare's Cymbelin... ​
King Lear: June 22-30 • Shakespeare's King Lea... ​
A Lover’s Complaint: July 2 • Shakespeare's "A Lover... ​
The Passionate Pilgrim: July 3 • Shakespeare's The Pass... ​
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: July 6-10 • Shakespeare's A Midsum... ​
The Merchant of Venice: July 12-16 • Shakespeare's Merchant... ​
Bonus Episode! Love's Labour's Won: • Shakespeare's Love's L... ​
Much Ado About Nothing: July 20-26 • Shakespeare's Much Ado... ​
As You Like It: July 28-August 3 • Shakespeare's As You L... ​
Macbeth: August 5-10 • Shakespeare's MacBeth-... ​
Troilus and Cressida: August 12-20 • Shakespeare's Troilus ... ​
Antony and Cleopatra: August 22-29 • Shakespeare's Antony a...
Coriolanus: August 31-September 10
All’s Well That Ends Well: September 12-19
Measure for Measure: September 21-27 • Shakespeare's Measure ...
Henry IV Part 1: September 29-October 5
The Merry Wives of Windsor: October 7-13
Henry IV Part 2: October 15-22
Henry V: October 24-31
Henry VIII: November 2-9
Edward III: November 11-17
Timon of Athens: November 19-24
The Winter’s Tale: December 1-7 • Shakespeare's The Wint...
• Shakespeare's The Wint...
The Tempest: December 9-14 • Shakespeare's The Temp... ​
The Two Noble Kinsmen: December 16-23
The Phoenix and Turtle: December 27 • Shakespeare's "The Pho...

[@clever-username]

The conflict of the play is something I've been wondering about for a decade. Thank you for this.

[@antoeckhart]

It is amazing how a literature work can have infinte lives and interpretation. Anyway Prospero (accent on the first syllable if we consider this character with an Italian name) is an exile, Prospero is a fictional reflection of the person who wrote the play.

[@sejalsingh8943]

really helpful and knowledgeable.....hidden insights provided are so intriguing.....admiration from India

[@melis7643]

this really helped a lot, thank you teacher 😊

[@anneshasengupta248]

Sir , could you please make a video critically analyzing the character of caliban as a conspirator , a manipulator, and as a monster who knows when to get what he wants ........I am really struggling with this character..

[@kaizen5023]

Great stuff, Professor, thanks!

[@jerambhana8726]

Magic!just magic!

[@zainabamani1169]

You are really a great teacher .. thank u very much ❤️

[@Nancenotes]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@ethancobley9525]

i love the way you describe the play, it gives a lot of clarity. The idea that the true conflict is within prospero is something i definitely overlooked, thus is such a good way of explaining the plays meaning. it also relates better to the idea that prosper is seen as shakespeare speaking through him as he’s coming to the end of his playwright career as i imagine this would have caused him conflict

[@jerambhana8726]

Thank you.

[@azaichissi5980]

I love your videos

[@jenelle11234]

Thank you I was having trouble

[@Sasjuh1992]

Three videos on The Tempest 😍!

[@Nancenotes]

I’m just about to teach it, so I’m doing myself a favor!

[@sejalsingh8943]

CAN WE GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN NATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE PLAY

[@bossybuddha]

Yes, all of Nature and all of society above and below, since it deals with the physical and the magical.
For nature, we come to understand the power of knowledge over nature, and how wisely in keeping with ethics we must govern.
With society, in keeping with our inner society we must understand that compassion and forgiveness is the only way out of the island, because all souls must come to realize the shackles that binds them and escape it through struggles and ordeals that manifest as religiosity, if they know how to answer.

[@notavriel_9000]

What is Caliban's relationship with Sycorax? Is it positive or?

[@Nancenotes]

There is virtually no information about their relationship, whether positive or negative, except for the idea of inheritance-the island was initially claimed by Sycorax, and she passed it on to Caliban.

[@bossybuddha]

Negative. Much like the way of a ruling tyrant, we only understand the brief limits or boundaries of the land through their reign, but the penetrative insight came from outside, from Prospero because he taught all of the islanders how to understand for themselves phenomenon and things which they had not, because of the love of books and secret knowledge that Prospero had inherited. Before that Caliban is a mute savage, howling only to the midnight Moon, but the midnight Sun Caliban did not know to navigate until the office of Prospero.

[@izzymunday2730]

Milan is pronounced mil-arn not milun

[@seanandrews4916]

It actually was Milun when Shakespear wrote the play.