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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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  • 11 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"The Tempest" by William Shakespeare is a play written in 1610–1611. On a remote island, Prospero, a banished duke and magician, lives with his daughter Miranda and his servants—the monster Caliban and the spirit Ariel. When a ship carrying his treacherous brother passes nearby, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks it. The survivors wash ashore, setting in motion Prospero's elaborate plan involving magic, romance, and revenge, as he confronts betrayal and contemplates forgiveness.

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  • Shipwreck victims
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Magicians
  • Political refugees
  • Islands
  • Spirits
  • Tragicomedy

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Act IV: Scene I: Before Prospero’s cell

Dramatis Personæ

ALONSO, King of Naples
SEBASTIAN, his brother
PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan
ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan
FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples
GONZALO, an honest old counsellor
ADRIAN, Lord
FRANCISCO, Lord
CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave
TRINCULO, a jester
STEPHANO, a drunken butler
MASTER OF A SHIP
BOATSWAIN
MARINERS

MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero

ARIEL, an airy Spirit

IRIS, presented by Spirits
CERES, presented by Spirits
JUNO, presented by Spirits
NYMPHS, presented by Spirits
REAPERS, presented by Spirits

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Contents

  1. Act IV: Scene I: Before Prospero’s cell
  2. Scene I: On a ship at sea; a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning: heard
  3. Scene II: The Island. Before the cell of Prospero
  4. Scene I: Another Part of the island
  5. Scene II: Another Part of the island
  6. Scene I: Before Prospero’s cell
  7. Scene II: Another Part of the island
  8. Scene III: Another Part of the island
  9. Scene I: Before Prospero’s cell
  10. Scene I: Before the cell of Prospero
  11. Epilogue

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About this edition

This free edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1540, released 1998-11-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Plays/Films/Dramas, Classics of Literature, British Literature.

Other editions: eBook #23042 (most read), eBook #1135, eBook #1801, eBook #2235, eBook #47518.

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