All 4 Uses
tempest
in
Turtles All the Way Down
(Edited)
- It's just like The Tempest, and okay, I'm going to leave you now so you can live happily ever after.
p. 33.9tempest = the name of a Shakespeare play based on the common noun which means "violent storm"
- "Well, I don't think it's exactly like The Tempest," I said.
p. 34.1
- It was only after reading every journal entry that I noticed the ones about me began with quotes from The Tempest.
p. 189.3 *
- Tonight, under the sky, she asked me, "Why do all the ones about me have quotes from The Tempest?"
p. 208.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburstThe expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)