Nathan

Shakespear- The Tempest.

The Tempest // “The Tempest” // by William Shakespeare is a play full of witchcraft and mayhem… The characters are, Prospero “The main character of the play”, Miranda “Prospero’s daughter”, Ariel “An airy spirit”, Caliban “A giant malformed beast, Iris, Ceres, Juno. Nymphs, and Reapers “Spirits that appear at Prospero’s will”. Alonso “the king of Naples”, Ferdinand “The son of Alonso”, Sebastian “Alonso’s brother”, Antonio “Prospero’s brother”, Gonzalo “An old councilor”, Stephano “A drunk butler”, Trinculo, “A jester”, and Master of a ship, Boatswains, and Mariners “Sailors”. Now you know the characters, you can understand the summary better. ** Summary:  ** The theme of the play is freedom, friendship, repentance and forgiveness. 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). All the people on the ship jump 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 Calibau. Various plots against the main character fail thanks to the magic of Prospero. The play ends with all the plotters repenting the Tempest is calmed. ** Info:  ** Like all of Shakespeare’s other plays, “the Tempest” wasn’t published. So the original didn’t survive. The first time this play was ever published was in 1623 in a book of all his works. The first production of this play was preformed on November 1, 1611. In the Elizabethan era, there was a lot of demand for entertainment and the Tempest would have been produced immediately after the play was finished. It was first printed in 1623 in the first folio. William Shakespeare didn’t want his work published details of the play would have therefore been noted, and often pirated without his constant, following a performance. The settings for the Tempest are a ship at sea and an unmanned, uninhabited island. This play is a comedy.
 * Characters that arrive at Prospero’s island by shipwreck: **

**  I can't see the ground the snows all around Glistening off the snow shines the light, down bellow Like little white animals Dances around like angles Snow is the best but sometimes is a pest
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