Tempest is as much a clash between savagery and civilization, with Prospero caught between the angelic Ariel and the brutal Caliban, as it is a comedy or romance. ("Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury do I take part," says Prospero at the end.)
This is a play that veers between lyricism and violence; Kulick's workmanlike production fails to connect the halves.
I picked out two ideas from the reading on The Tempest by William Shakespeare that I fond very interesting. The first line, the one on top, is interesting to me because it describes the play as a clash between two different types of people. Now I finally somewhat got the idea of The Tempest and what it's about and this sentence describes it pretty well. I find it a little weird though that they call it comedy or romance beacuse I didn't get much comedy out of it but I guess some people view it differently. The second line up above is interesting to me beacuse it states that the play goes back and forth between people getting along and people fighting. This is also a true statement, I believe at least.
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