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In what way does shakespeare's the tempest resist traditional genre classification

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It includes romance and magic, but also murder plots


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It includes romance and magic, but also murder plots. It ends with a marriage, but also with Prospero giving up his powers.

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Shakespeare wrote plays that could be classified in four categories: history, comedy, tragedy, romance. But The Tempest is a play that stands on its own. It contains romance between Ferdinand and Miranda, the magical elements of Ariel and Prospero's powers - which he ultimately gives up - and also murder plots against Prospero and Alonso that are eventually disclosed. All these elements show that The Tempest is a play that resists traditional genre classification.

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