The Tempest Cultural Analysis Paper

CULTURAL ANALYSIS ESSAY

In this essay, you should choose one scene in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and develop a research question that allows you to explore the connections between the language, themes, and characters in that scene and a specific cultural situation / event (historical, political, social, etc.)

Your question can either be centered on a particular theme in the play, or else on a particular IRL situation / event, and it will surely vary widely depending on what you choose.

  • Colonialism or colonial histories
  • National and political authority figures
  • Class or social hierarchies
  • Immigration and border control
  • Race, racism, or racial discrimination
  • Whiteness or white privilege
  • Gender roles or stereotypes
  • Feminism or queerness

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