Summary of The Tempest and Characters
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Summary of The Tempest and Characters
The list of The Tempest
characters provide a convenient introduction to the William
Shakespeare play summary of The Tempest. The male and female
characters bring the plot of the play to life. Not only do
we remember the stories but we remember the people - we all
have our favourite characters.
Characters in The Tempest
Miranda
Prospero
Iris
Juno
Sycorax
Trinculo
Sebastian
Stephano
Gonzalo
Antonio
Ariel
Adrian
King Alonso
Ferdinand
Francisco
Caliban
Ceres
Summary of The Tempest
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The Summary of The Tempest
This drama is one of the
great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. The themes illustrated in the
play are freedom, friendship , repentance and forgiveness and feature
different temperaments illustrating temperance and intemperance. The
plot starts when King Alonso of Naples and his entourage sail home for
Italy after attending his daughter's wedding in Tunis, Africa. They
encounter a violent storm, or Tempest. Everyone jumps overboard and are
washed ashore on a strange island inhabited by the magician Prospero who
has deliberately conjured up the storm. Prospero and Miranda live in a
cave on the island which is also inhabited by Ariel, a sprite who
carries out the bidding of Prospero, and the ugly, half human Caliban.
Various plots against the main characters fail thanks to the magic of
Prospero. The play ends with all the plotters repenting the Tempest is
calmed.
Summary of The Tempest and Characters
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