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The Tempest
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The Tempest explores shipwreck, magic, exile, revenge, freedom, forgiveness, and art.
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The Tempest
William Shakespeare builds the work around shipwreck, magic, exile, revenge, freedom, forgiveness, and art, making its period, characters, arguments, and images vivid for modern readers.
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The Tempest
William Shakespeare
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ALONSO, King of Naples SEBASTIAN, his brother PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples GONZALO, an honest old counsellor ADRIAN, Lord FRANCISCO, Lord CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave TRINCULO, a jester STEPHANO, a drunken butler MASTER OF A SHIP BOATSWAIN MARINERS
MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero
ARIEL, an airy Spirit
IRIS, presented by Spirits CERES, presented by Spirits JUNO, presented by Spirits NYMPHS, presented by Spirits REAPERS, presented by Spirits
Other Spirits attending on Prospero
Preview chapterSCENE: The sea, with a Ship; afterwards an Island.Preview
SCENE: The sea, with a Ship; afterwards an Island.
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- 01Full text
- 02Dramatis Personæ
- 03SCENE: The sea, with a Ship; afterwards an Island.
- 04ACT I SCENE I. On a ship at sea; a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.
- 05ACT I
- 06SCENE I. On a ship at sea; a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.
- 07SCENE II. The Island. Before the cell of Prospero.
- 08ACT II
- 09SCENE I. Another part of the island.
- 10SCENE II. Another part of the island.
- 11ACT III SCENE I. Before Prospero’s cell.
- 12ACT III
- 13SCENE I. Before Prospero’s cell.
- 14SCENE III. Another part of the island.
- 15ACT IV SCENE I. Before Prospero’s cell.
- 16ACT IV
- 17ACT V SCENE I. Before the cell of Prospero.
- 18ACT V
- 19SCENE I. Before the cell of Prospero.
- 20EPILOGUE
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