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In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the original play with the 2010 film version. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
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his protagonist Prospero to speak to the audience directly, interpreted by Shakespearean scholars as the Bards official farewell to the theater. Because he realized it would be his last
play, Shakespeare sought to address some important political issues of his era - colonialism and imperialism. Naturally, since Shakespeare was employed by the British monarchy to produce plays for
their entertainment, he was going to make every effort to justify British imperialism by focusing upon the intellectual superiority of the white European and elicit compassion for their efforts to
civilize primitive races. However, in the twenty-first century, there is not much interest in colonialism and imperialism; therefore, contemporary film directors have sought to emphasize the more human aspects
of The Tempest - most notably, its themes of love, power, and forgiveness. Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor is no stranger to adapting Shakespeare for the big screen, having
resurrected Titus Andronicus for film audiences in her 1999 production simply entitled Titus. For Taymor, the thoughts Shakespeare expressed in The Tempest are as relevant today as they were
when the play was first staged in 1612. In her 2010 production (for which she also received a credit as co-screenwriter), she focused on Shakespeares perspectives on innocence and
its consequences. As envisioned by Shakespeare according to his stage directions, The Tempest opens with, "A ship at sea; afterwards an uninhabited island" (1407). However, Taymor begins her film
with the shot of a castle that is revealed to have been constructed in sand. As the camera moves back, the audience can see the castle is housed in
a girls hand. An intensifying storm (or tempest) dissolves the sand castle, and the increasing winds clearly alarm the girl Miranda (played by Felicity Jones), who runs along the
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