Antonio begins to concoct a plan to get his brother the kingship, which will be much easier if Ferdinand, the current heir, really is dead and since Alonso's daughter is very far away in Tunis, Sebastian might be able to inherit the crown with only two murders, those of Alonso and Gonzalo. Ariel's magic makes the party fall asleep, with the exception of Antonio and Sebastian.Ī strange seriousness, of Ariel's doing, falls upon Antonio and Sebastian. Antonio and Sebastian show great skill with mocking wordplay, and use this skill to stifle Gonzalo and Adrian's attempts to speak frankly to the rest of the party. Gonzalo tries to console Alonso upon their good fortune of surviving the shipwreck - but Alonso is grieved - not only because his son Ferdinand is missing and presumed dead, but because he was returning from his daughter's wedding in Africa, and fears he will never see her again because of the distance. King Alonso has landed on the island, with his brothers Sebastian and Antonio, noblemen Adrian and Francisco, and the councilor Gonzalo. Ferdinand stumbles upon Miranda, and they immediately fall in love, due to Ariel's magic but Prospero decides to make him a servant, and will put him to hard tasks about the island.
THE TEMPEST CHARACTERS FREE
Ariel reminds Prospero of his promise to free Ariel, and Prospero impresses upon him how much more generous a master he believes himself to be than Sycorax.Ĭaliban enters, stating his claim to the island that comes through his mother Sycorax Prospero's teachings, for whatever reason, have failed upon Caliban, and Caliban retains his more primitive nature, for which Prospero and Miranda despise him. Ariel makes his first entrance, and declares that Prospero's bidding has been perfectly performed, and none of the party are harmed the sailors are still upon the ship, while the King and his companions have been scattered about the island. Prospero declares his intention of reclaiming his dukedom, and that the tempest and his brothers' shipwreck on the island are part of this plan. Antonio then cast Prospero and Miranda out of Milan, and ordered both of them killed however, Prospero tells his daughter how the good councilor Gonzalo arranged for them not to be killed, which led to their landing on the island. Prospero tells her how his kingdom was usurped by his brother Antonio, while Prospero was distracted by his studies, and how the king of Naples supported Antonio's rule. Upon Miranda's request, Prospero begins to tell her of his history, and how they came upon the island Miranda was very young when she left the island, and cannot remember anyone but her father, not even her dead mother. Miranda and Prospero are revealed on the island Miranda laments that a shipful of men must have died in the tempest, but her father reassures her that none were hurt, and that the tempest was of his own doing. A spell comes over all on board, and the mariners all flee in desperation the nobles on deck decide that all is lost without the sailors, and go below deck to say goodbye to their king. However, Antonio and Sebastian take the opportunity to make rude and sarcastic remarks to the good boatswain, and can do nothing to help. Alonso comes above deck merely to give the mariners an unnecessary order the boatswain begs the nobles to keep below deck during the storm, so that the men can do their jobs without distraction.
Alonso, King of Naples, is on board, as are his brothers Antonio and Sebastian. The play begins on a ship, with a ship-master and a boatswain trying to keep the ship from wrecking in a tempest.
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