Summary of The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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- Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. From the island, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, watches the storm and shipwreck with his 15 year-old daughter, Miranda. Miranda fears for the ship's crew, but Prospero assures her that everything is fine. He decides to open up about his past, telling her how 12 years previously, his brother Antonio had deposed him in a coup.
- Ferdinand is separated from his father, Alonso, and runs into Miranda and Prospero. He and Miranda immediately fall in love, which is all part of Prospero’s plan to make his brother see the error of his ways, but Prospero has to pretend to oppose the union at first.
- Alonso, Antonio, Gonzalo, and their men are wandering on the island.Alonso believes Ferdinand is dead. Ariel plays a song to make all of the menexcept Antonio and Sebastian fall asleep. Antonio tries to convince Sebastianto kill Alonso and take the throne of Naples, but Ariel wakes the King and Gonzalo in time.
- Caliban convinces drunk Stephano and Trinculo to kill Prospero in his sleep and marry his daughter. Prospero arranges for a phantom banquet to appear and suddenly vanishing front of Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo. Ariel appears as a harpy and declares that the men have been brought here to be punished for what they did to Prospero, leaving the men cowering in fright
- Prospero gives his blessing for Ferdinand and Miranda’s marriage, and provides them with a vision of the goddesses Iris, Juno, and Ceres. Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban sneak into Prospero’s bedroom, stinking from the swamp that Ariel led them into. Trinculo and Stephano get distracted in their drunkenness by beautiful clothes laid out seemingly for them, and Caliban’s protests go unheard. Prospero and Ariel enter with spirits disguised as hounds and chase them out.
- Prospero feels bad about imprisoning Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo, and tells Ariel to bring them in where he performs his last spell and reveals his identity. Alonso apologizes, and Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda, alive and well. He proposes that they will all go back to Milan. He frees Ariel from his servitude, and breaks the spell that binds Caliban to him. Caliban realizes the error of his ways, and Prospero forgives him and the sailors. They ready the boat to sail.
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