Okay, I just finished reading Shakespeare’s The Tempest . Not a modern translation, the old English style. I became interested in this story after hearing that it involved shipwrecked passengers and a wizard. Being a Harry Potter and Gilligan’s Island fan, I began reading. I overlooked the fact that Shakespeare was before both of these franchises, but it was still a good read. My first thoughts on the play were a little confused, mostly because I kept mixing up all of the characters. But as the story continued, I got things settled straight. I found the history of Prospero and Miranda and Caliban being on the island very interesting. I was intrigued that Prospero learned sorcery on the island, and that Caliban was the son of the sorceress on the island before him. Caliban’s appearance is described as, “Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself…” (I.ii). He also said to be a disfigured monster in the text. When Ferdinand is introduced into the text, he can be seen as an oppos...