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L3 - The Tempest

The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare's last play, written around 1610-1611. It is set on a remote island where the sorcerer Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, conjures a storm to shipwreck his usurping brother Antonio and the King of Naples. Prospero then manipulates events on the island to reveal Antonio's treachery and redeem the King, while also arranging the marriage of Prospero's daughter Miranda to the King's son Ferdinand.

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L3 - The Tempest

The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare's last play, written around 1610-1611. It is set on a remote island where the sorcerer Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, conjures a storm to shipwreck his usurping brother Antonio and the King of Naples. Prospero then manipulates events on the island to reveal Antonio's treachery and redeem the King, while also arranging the marriage of Prospero's daughter Miranda to the King's son Ferdinand.

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Lesson 3:

THE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
● The Tempest
● believed to have been
written in 1610–11
● Genre: Romantic Comedy

About
● 5 acts
● Believed to be the last play
written by Shakespeare
alone.
Summary
It is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, rightful
Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful
place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a
storm, the eponymous tempest, to cause his usurping brother Antonio
and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to believe they are
shipwrecked and marooned on the island. There, his machinations
bring about the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature, the redemption
of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.

Source: No source as such


Main Characters

Prospero Miranda Ariel Caliban


● Real Duke of ● Prospero's ● The airy ● The monster
Milan daughter spirit ● disloyal
● Great sorcerer ● Most faithful
servant of
Prospero
Main Characters

Antonio Alonzo Ferdinand Sebastian


● The ● The son of ● Treacherous
● King of Naples
backstabbing Alonzo brother of
● Plotted
brother of Alonzo
against
Prospero
Prospero with
Alonzo
Plot 12 years back Prospero was
dethroned by his brother
Main Antonio after he conspired
The main story is about the rightful duke of with Alonso and Sebastian
Milan; PROSPERO, who has been castaway
on an island and conjures up a storm; He has been living on an
TEMPEST to take revenge
island with his daughter;
Prospero being a great sorcerer causes a terrifying storm Miranda and two servants;
called “The Tempest” when all his enemies; Alonso, the Ariel the airy spirit and the
King of Naples; his son Ferdinand; his brother Sebastian; monster, Caliban.
his kind old councilor Gonzalo; and Antonio, the false
Duke of Milan are in the same ship

Because of the Tempest Ferdinand gets separated from the rest. Alonso
thinks him to be dead. Antonio and Sebastian plot to murder him for his
Kingdom.
Plot To win the hand of Miranda he is given
the task of piling a 1000 logs before
sunset. He succeeds in doing so
Ferdinand gets washed away on
the other side of the island and
meets Miranda and they fall in
love The other survivors of the
shipwreck are Stephano and
The king and the group are tricked by Ariel Trinculo who meet Cabilo and plot
with food that turns into Harpies because to kill Prospero. This is taken care
of all the wrong they did to Prospero 12 of by Ariel
years ago.

The play ends with Prospero forgiving everyone and giving up on


magic to retun to Milan.
● Characters
● Themes
What is next? ● Motifs and
Symbols
Thank you!
I hope this lesson
helped.

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