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the tempest

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the tempest

1. A tragic comedy

2. The structure

3. The Characters

4. The Themes

5.Thanks

A tragic comedy

-The story begins whenProspero causes a tempest in the Mediterranean Sea, in which his brother Antonio and his fellow Alonso, king of Naples, are washed up on an unknown island and all the characters finally meet in Prospero's cavern. -Caliban, a monster, organises a rebellion against Prospero with Stephano and Trinculo, that fails.

Ferdinand falls in love with Miranda, Prospero's daughter and finally Prospero and Alonso reconcile themselves. -This comedy, the last written completely by Shakespeare, wants him to leave the role of the playwright to reconcile him with the society, like Prospero, who leave the magic to reconcile him with Alonso.

CHARACTERS

ANTONIO: THE USURPER

pRospero: The key character

Prospero is (was) the duke of Milan, overthrown by his brother Antonio. • All the events in the work depend by him. • He has magic powers and he uses them when he causes the tempest, his revenge against Antonio.

Antonio is Prospero's brother; he usurped the dukedom of Milan and exiled him on a mysterious island in the Mediterranean. He also planned to kill Alonso and to usurp the throne of Naples. He shipwrecked because of the tempest.

ALONSO: THE KING

Alonso is the king of Naples.He is in the same boat with Antonio at the dramatic moment of the tempest and the shipwrecking.

GOZALO:THE Helper

Gonzalo is a neapolitan courtier, and he is the secret helper of Prospero and Miranda after the shipwrecking

ariel: the magic spirit

Ariel has not a body: it's an immaterial magic spirit...He/she was imprisoned in a tree by Sycorax, an african witch, and he is freed by Prospero, who uses it to activate his plans

Calliban: themonster

Caliban is a terrifying creature who lives in the island and governed it before Prospero came"there. Helped by two drunken, Stephano and Trinculo, he carries out a plan to kill Prospero, that failed.

ferdinand and miranda

Ferdinand is the Prince of Naples, Alonso's son;Miranda is Prospero's daughter. in the second Act Ferdinand and Miranda fall in love: their marriage, at the end, will be the reason of the reconciliation between Prospero and Antonio

the structure

the five acts of the comedy

ACt I: the tempest

-Prospero, with his magic powers, breaks out a tragic tempest in the Mediterranean Sea, and"gets his brother Antonio and his fellow Alonso shipwrecked on a mysterious island. -Prospero uses Ariel, a ghost, to activate his plans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd1HF-IHChI

act II: desperation

Alonso is desperate because he thinks that his son Ferdinand has drowned and he explores all the island searching him.- Ferdinand isn't dead, but he's fallen in love with Miranda, Prospero's daughter..

Act III: Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo

-Caliban, a monster that lives on the island, meets Stephano and Trinculo, two drunken, and they organized a plan to kill Prospero.-Ariel heard them and informed Prospero about this plan -The plan fails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI3GxOQTbwk5.39

Act IV: preparing the final

• Prospero begins to planning his punishment and reward: he prepares himself to the reconciliation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1m97G-eh4

ACT V: Reconciliation

The whole work ends with a general reconciliation between the characters;Miranda and Ferdinand are married. • Prospero returns to the dukedom of Milan and with Antonio and Alonso.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgbxDx4tvxI2.50

THEMes

What the comedy wants to say and how it's composed

WILD, exotic settings

All the events in the work are set in mysterious lands with terrifiant creatures, unknown by the characters that visit these places.These places can also be dangerous, like the sea in tempest.

MAGIC ILLUSIONS

Another important theme is the magic, that literally organizes and governs all the events.•. It creates a sort of theatrical illusion, because there are supernatural beings and powers that permit the activation of magic facts.

Forgivness

The theme of forgiveness permits all the events of the work.The final reconciliation between Prospero and Antonio; and the marriage between Ferdinand and Miranda depend from it.

prospero and antonio

black and white magic

•We can see the BlackMagic in the actions of Sycorax and prospero, that works evil in every circumstance. The White Magic derives from the study and the books, and represents power and knowledge.

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