Prospero estimates her value at "a third of mine own life," a line that readers have interpreted in several ways.

Many readers interpret that as the behavior of a weak and unprincipled man, not a hero.

If the reader so interprets, he may expect the opposite to what is here forecast to follow.

Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics and society of the time.

Many readers interpret this to mean that the girls have fallen into a time warp.

One possible concern was that readers would interpret the poem biographically.

The reader may interpret the "flock" metaphorically, but by doing so he distances himself from the character.

Some readers interpret Jack's relation to Willie as one of son to father.

Sometimes readers got 2 or 3 letters and interpreted them.

The book wants readers to learn to "read" the media they consume and interpret what is really being communicated.