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• The Tempest is a classic comedy by William Shakespeare

• Fast Facts

  1. Writer: William Shakespeare
  2. Setting: Fictional Island
  3. Written in 1611
  4. Adaptations: Numerous film and TV adaptations
  5. Reportedly Prospero was the favorite role of John Gielgud

• Synopsis

  Years after being exiled to an island by his brother, Prospero the sorcerer casts a spell that causes a ship carrying his brother to wreck along the beach of the same island. Once on the island, Antonio (Prospero's brother) and his crew must deal with the deceit caused by the sorcerer's magic.

• Main Characters

  • Prospero - protagonist of the play, a powerful sorcerer who has been exiled to the island by Antonio
  • Miranda - Prospero's daughter, also imprisoned on the island
  • Ferdinand - Son of Alonso
  • Ariel - a spirit servant to Prospero
  • Caliban - Prospero's slave and son of the witch Sycorax
  • Antonio - The Duke of Milan and Prospero's brother
  • Alonso - King of Naples, aboard the boat with Antonio when it wrecks
  • Sebastian - Brother of Alonso

• Quotes

  • "O Brave new world That has such people in't!" - Miranda

  • "What's past is prologue" - Antonio

  • "Your tale, sir, would cure deafness" - Miranda

  • "He receives comfort like cold porridge" - Sebastian

  • "He that dies pays all debts" - Stephano

• Related Mahalo Pages

  William Shakespeare | All's Well That End's Well | The Comedy of Errors | Cymbeline | Love's Labour's Lost | Measure for Measure | Much Ado About Nothing | The Taming of the Shrew | The Comedy of Errors | The Merchant of Venice | The Winter's Tale | Twelfth Night, or What You Will

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