The Tempest

Roles

• Prospero - Senior (>50), Male

About this piece

Prospero narrates his past to his daughter

Summary

The play starts with a storm hitting a ship that carries the King of Napes, Alonso, his son Ferdinand, Alonso's brother Sebastian and other characters. In the second scene we find Miranda with her father Prospero on the shore of an island close to the shipwreck. Miranda asks her father to help the people on the ship. After Prospero confesses that he is actually responsible for the shipwreck, he tells her the story of his and her past, of how they got to the island. In this monologue Prospero tells Miranda how his brother Antonio, who is on the ship hit by the storm, conspired against him years before. Prospero used to be the Duke of Milan until his brother usurped his position with the help of the King of Naples and was forced to flee on a boat with her to save their lives.

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