The Tempest by Shakespeare

To be honest, I didn't completely understand this play. The way it ended was odd. I mean yes, Prospero lays down his magic, balance is restored in the world and everyone is assumed to be happy and married or whatever, but I guess what confused me was the speed at which it ended. There's only one scene in act 5 and an epilogue. I'm probably missing something historical because I didn't read any notes on it, but yeah. That confused me.

Also, I felt like since in the end, Miranda and Ferdinand get married, it was supposed to be a comedy, I didn't really get the humor. Maybe I took the play too seriously. I'm not sure.

At any rate, I guess in comparison to Othello, it wasn't as deep (or at least I didn't catch that much) and perhaps because it was a comedy, it was much lighter in tone.

I didn't like this play as much as Othello (probably because of the seeming lack of depth).

In the end, Shakespeare is Shakespeare. There were some good nuggets that I took away and in the end I suppose that's all there really is to it.