They meet this monster like creature (Caliban) who is Prospero’s salve. This butler (Stephano) and jester (Trinculo) also survived the boat crash. Sebastian wants Ferdinand’s crown (now that he’s supposedly dead), so he and Antonio plan to kill Alonso and Gonzalo. Then his buddy Gonzalo tells him "everything is gonna be alright". Then Alonso is sad because he thinks his son drowned. He separates Ferdinand from his dad (Alonso), and Ferdinand and Prospero’s daughter fall in love. Prospero hates all these people that just crashed on the island, especially Antonio. He used to be the king of Milan until his brother Antonio had him kicked out. This dude named Prospero who is a magician, lives on the island with his daughter Miranda. the ship contains Alonso (King of Naples), his son, his brother, some old friend, and Antonio who is a fake king of Milan. This ship is caught in a huge storm and crashes on an island. Trinculo is the jester in Alonso’s court. Stephano and Trinculo: 2 dudes who wash up with the boat. She doesn’t have lots of life experience cause her whole life has been on an island with her daddy. He falls in love with Prospero’s daughter. He wants to kill Alonso so Sebastian can take over as King of Naples and the 2 evil friends can rule.įerdinand: The son of Alonso. He kicked his brother Prospero out of Milan so he could be king. He's a nice guy and very loyal.Īntonio: He’s a prick. Gonzalo: He’s Alonso’ councilor and good friend. He wants to kill Alonso so he can be King of Naples.
It was nothing personal, Antonio just gave Alonso money to help him. He helped Antonio kick Prospero out of Milan. He’s a nice dude but he did dick over Prospero once. He’s like an animal and can’t be taught manners like a human can.Īlonso: He is the King of Naples.
He is a criminal and does bad stuff BUT he’s a nice dude. He’s not a deep character.he’s light, has few emotions and stuff.Ĭaliban: A monster on Prospero’s island. He can change into any shape he wants (like the bad terminator in T2). He’s a cool dude, he’s smart and fair.Īriel: Ariel is like a spirit or a fairy (kinda like Tinkerbell). He was the King of Milan, then his brother Antonio kicked him out. Prospero: He is the main dude in the story. Bill wrote this towards the end of his big ass career. why the hell do we read this stuff? It doesn’t help us with our MODERN day English, because the plays are in old school English.
This play sucks, just like the rest of them. Oh geez, another really exciting play from Bill Shakespeare. GradeSaver, 11 April 2022 Web.The Tempest by William Shakespeare BACKGROUND
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Next Section Character List Previous Section About A Tempest (1969 Play) Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format GradeSaver "A Tempest (1969 Play) Summary". At the end of the play, Caliban sings his freedom song, leaving the audience to ponder the effects of colonialism. However, Prospero stays, clinging to his power on the island, locked in a struggle with Caliban. By the end of the play, Miranda and Ferdinand, Alonso's son, are engaged to be married and everyone plans to return to Naples. The only character in the play that did not exist in Shakespeare's version is Eshu, a Yoruba trickster god from Nigeria. He tries to stage a rebellion along with the help of Trinculo and Stephano, two servants from the Milanese court. Caliban, however, resents Prospero and believes that rebellion and resistance are the only path towards freedom. He believes that Prospero will one day honor the promise he made to him and give him emancipation and freedom. Ariel is a dutiful slave, and follows all orders that are given to him diligently. The main focus of the play is the constant efforts on the part of Ariel, a "mulatto slave," and Caliban, a black slave, to gain their freedom from Prospero and to escape his tyrannical rule over the island and its people. These royals once betrayed Prospero and exiled him to the island long ago, and Prospero wants his revenge. With Ariel's help, he creates an enormous and malevolent storm that wrecks a passing ship that carries Antonio (his brother), Alonso (the King of Milan), Sebastian (Alonso's brother), and Gonzalo (Alonso's counselor). In this postcolonial re-working of Shakespeare's original play The Tempest, we find Prospero exiled, and living on a secluded island in the Caribbean with his daughter Miranda and his two slaves, Caliban and Ariel.
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