The tempest - graphic shakespeareAuthor: William Shakespeare Adapter: Daniel Conner Illustrator: Cynthia Martin Title: The Tempest - Graphic Shakespeare
Publication Details: Magic Wagon; United States 2009 Rating: 2 out of 5 The Tempest - Graphic Shakespeare is a graphic adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest first performed in 1611. Now before you get too excited and start thinking you'll read this instead of the play for your English assignment, think again. I only given this 2 stars (meaning its pretty rubbish if you ask me). |
Although the concept of adapting a Shakespearian play into a graphic novel is a good idea, this one misses the mark in the objective of making Shakespeare accessible to peeps who find reading Shakespeare completely - what the?
Daniel Conner obviously has a love of Old English as in his adaption has maintained some phrases in keeping with Shakespearian origins, but this decision means the text is not as comfortable and easily understood by the ordinary reader. Although the images go a way in communicating the story, the plot line is not easy to follow.
Even after having read the book, I wasn't completely certain of the plot line and had to skim back through the story in order to understand. The graphic novel does have a character list at the front, uses plot text boxes on some pages as well as the acts from the play to divide up the story. In addition, the text has a glossary at the back of the book of difficult words as well as a brief plot overview and some information about William Shakespeare.
I would not bother with in this particular collection of graphic adaptions because they're a bit naff if you ask me.
Daniel Conner obviously has a love of Old English as in his adaption has maintained some phrases in keeping with Shakespearian origins, but this decision means the text is not as comfortable and easily understood by the ordinary reader. Although the images go a way in communicating the story, the plot line is not easy to follow.
Even after having read the book, I wasn't completely certain of the plot line and had to skim back through the story in order to understand. The graphic novel does have a character list at the front, uses plot text boxes on some pages as well as the acts from the play to divide up the story. In addition, the text has a glossary at the back of the book of difficult words as well as a brief plot overview and some information about William Shakespeare.
I would not bother with in this particular collection of graphic adaptions because they're a bit naff if you ask me.
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