<P> The story draws heavily on the tradition of the romance and it was influenced by tragicomedy , the courtly masque and perhaps the commedia dell'arte . It differs from Shakespeare 's other plays in its observation of a stricter , more organised neoclassical style . Critics see The Tempest as explicitly concerned with its own nature as a play , frequently drawing links between Prospero 's `` art '' and theatrical illusion , and early critics saw Prospero as a representation of Shakespeare , and his renunciation of magic as signalling Shakespeare 's farewell to the stage . The play portrays Prospero as a rational , and not an occultist , magician by providing a contrast to him in Sycorax : her magic is frequently described as destructive and terrible , where Prospero 's is said to be wondrous and beautiful . Beginning in about 1950 , with the publication of Psychology of Colonization by Octave Mannoni , The Tempest was viewed more and more through the lens of postcolonial theory -- exemplified in adaptations like Aimé Césaire 's Une Tempête set in Haiti -- and there is even a scholarly journal on post-colonial criticism named after Caliban . </P>
<P> The story draws heavily on the tradition of the romance and it was influenced by tragicomedy , the courtly masque and perhaps the commedia dell'arte . It differs from Shakespeare 's other plays in its observation of a stricter , more organised neoclassical style . Critics see The Tempest as explicitly concerned with its own nature as a play , frequently drawing links between Prospero 's `` art '' and theatrical illusion , and early critics saw Prospero as a representation of Shakespeare , and his renunciation of magic as signalling Shakespeare 's farewell to the stage . The play portrays Prospero as a rational , and not an occultist , magician by providing a contrast to him in Sycorax : her magic is frequently described as destructive and terrible , where Prospero 's is said to be wondrous and beautiful . Beginning in about 1950 , with the publication of Psychology of Colonization by Octave Mannoni , The Tempest was viewed more and more through the lens of postcolonial theory -- exemplified in adaptations like Aimé Césaire 's Une Tempête set in Haiti -- and there is even a scholarly journal on post-colonial criticism named after Caliban . </P>
what is the genre of the play the tempest
what is the genre of the play the tempest
romance
romance