Miranda and Ferdinand’s union is blessed by Prospero and he orders a dramatic show to be performed for the couple. Prospero then casts an enchantment entrapping them all. Alonso repents without hesitation but Sebastian and Antonio resist. Unaware that Prospero is looking on, they agree to get married.Īntonio and Sebastian resume their plot to kill Alonso but again Ariel intervenes accusing Alonso and Antonio of their betrayal of Prospero. Prospero has made Ferdinand do hard labour, and whilst he is working Miranda visits him. This appeals to the drunken Stephano who agrees to assist Caliban in his plan. Caliban tells them of his resentment for Prospero and his plan to overthrow him. The two men stumble across Caliban and they give him wine getting him drunk and resulting in Caliban believing them to be gods. They are drunk and Stephano starts to believe himself a King. In another part of the island is Stephano (Alonso’s butler) and Trinculo (the jester). Ariel overhears the plan and wakes Alonso and Gonzalo in time to stop the deed. Alonso and Gonzalo fall back to sleep but while they’re sleeping Antonio persuades Sebastian to kill Alonso and become King of Naples himself. They awake to find themselves safely on shore but Alonso mourns for Ferdinand who he believes was killed in the storm. Ferdinand meets Miranda and they fall in love instantly, however Prospero puts a spell on Ferdinand and takes him in under his charge.Įlsewhere on the island are Alonso, Antonio (Prospero’s brother), Sebastian (Alonso’s brother) and Gonzalo (advisor to Alonso). On another part of the island, the invisible Ariel finds Ferdinand, Alonso’s son, and leads him to Prospero. Caliban curses Prospero and tells of how he was stripped of his rule of the island by Prospero. Prospero wakes Miranda and summons Caliban, the son of the witch Sycorax, who Prospero has made his slave. Ariel apologises and, turning himself invisible, goes to spy on the shipwrecked courtiers.
MIRANDA THE TEMPEST FREE
He then reminds Prospero that he promised to set him free in return for good service, to which Prospero responds angrily reminding Ariel of how he freed him from …the tree where he was imprisoned by the dead witch Sycorax. Ariel reveals that he conjured the storm and that all the passengers are alive but scattered over the island. Prospero puts an enchantment on Miranda so she falls asleep and summons his servant, who is a spirit named Ariel.
He tells Miranda that now is the time for him to exact his revenge on Antonio and Alonso. Prospero explains that Antonio, aided by Alonso, arranged for them to be kidnapped and set adrift at sea. He tells her that he is the Duke of Milan and she is the Princess of Milan but twelve years ago he was overthrown by his brother, Antonio. Prospero tells Miranda the truth of her past. She begs Prospero to calm the waters of the sea. Miranda suspects her father has caused the storm using his magical powers, and fears for the lives of the passengers. The ship is destroyed and the passengers are washed up on a nearby island.įrom the island watches Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda. Alonso, King of Naples, and his court are sailing back from the wedding of Alonso’s daughter when they get caught in a violent storm which threatens the ship.
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