The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

The Tempest, adapted by John Crowther in the No Fear series, offers readers a refreshing approach to experiencing Shakespeare's timeless play. This guide combines the original text with an accessible line-by-line translation, making it easy for readers to grasp the meaning behind the Bard's language without feeling intimidated. In addition to the complete text, The Tempest includes a detailed list of characters along with descriptions, allowing readers to navigate the story and understand each role's significance. The helpful commentary throughout the guide provides context and insights, enriching the reading experience and enhancing comprehension. Overall, The Tempest in the No Fear series is an excellent resource for both newcomers and seasoned Shakespeare enthusiasts, making the magic of his plays enjoyable and accessible to everyone.

I’m a teacher and had a student transfer to my class halfway through the play. Knowing that I would not be able to completely get him caught up quickly enough before our Shakespeare unit ended, I purchased this book. It was SO helpful! He read the book, was able to understand the first half of the play that he missed, and then was able to better understand the remainder of the play. I think it helped him succeed even beyond many of my students who had been through the whole unit with me! I highly recommend for anyone teaching this play.

a great book to help clarify the Shakespearean English. I read it before going to see the play and really enjoyed it so much more.

Really appreciated the plain english translations to help understand the texts.

Sparknotes knows how to make a translation. While it seems a little awkward at times you atleast understand what the heck they are saying, which I have always struggled with with original Shakespeare. I finished the book in one day, really just three hours, and if there's anything in a book I don't understand I will read it constantly until I figure it out, which greatly slows me down. At the end it's still shakespeare you are reading, so take that as you will, but you certainly won't have to worry about being confused.

This book is so good for early Shakespeare readers. That it because it has the modern text on one side and the original text on the other. This book is also a really good story.

Awesome play. Considered Shakespeare's last play written solo. Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen came after but Shakespeare co-wrote these with John Fletcher. When reading this you can really see how Shakespeare has mastered his skill as a playwright. Unlike many of his other plays, The Tempest follows the Aristotelian unities of time, place, and action. Like with many of his plays Shakespeare gives us a comical subplot poking fun at the main plot. This is very interesting as it also effectively pokes fun at colonialism. While I would not suggest this as your first read in Shakespeare, I would still call it a 'must read' when studying Shakespeare.

I wrote another review for the "No Fear" series, and now, here I am again. Great play, but made greater by this helpful series. This book series helps the confused reader by listing and defining each character, and more importantly, listing the modern text (on the right page) alongside Shakespeare's text.

Not only do you get to read the actual version of Shakespeare's Tempest, on the contiguous page there is a "translation" of the Shakespearean english into contemporary english, which makes it all the more easy and interesting to read! You wont EVER get confused!!

Very handy has original text and modern text. Clean copy, inexpensive.

Very nice book and paraphrase is very nicely explained in good English. I would recommend it to every ISC student to buy this book as it is simply the best...

Ihr müsst Shakespeare in der Uni oder Schule bearbeiten? Hier könnt ihr das Werk in Normalo Englisch super leicht runter lesen und habt die original Fassung direkt daneben. Außerdem gibt es Hinweise im Buch zu weiteren unbekannten Begriffen, Analyseansätzen. Gleichzeitig könnt ihr unter Sparknotes.com noch weitere Summarys, Analysen und Personenbeschreibungen lesen.

Product as expected. Packaged well.