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The Tempest Study Guide
New! Understand every line of The Tempest.
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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Shakespeare or Not? There are some who believe Shakespeare wasn't educated enough to write the plays attributed to him. The most common anti-Shakespeare theory is that Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and used Shakespeare as a front man because aristocrats were not supposed to write plays. Yet the evidence supporting Shakespeare's authorship far outweighs any evidence against. So until further notice, Shakespeare is still the most influential writer in the English language.