The tempest

The tempest a timeless masterpiece

Index of CONTENTS

07. bibliography

04.themes

01.introducTiOn

05. language, style

02.plot

06.sources

03.characters

‘hell is empty and all the devils are here'

ferdinand, the prince of naples

Act v

Act i

• Storm-Shipwreck
• Prospero's Past
• Ferdinand is lost

• Prospero renounces magic
• Reinstatement to dukedom
• Ariel is freed

Act ii

• Plot to kill Alonso
• Caliban Trinculo and Stephano meet

Act iii-iv

• Plot to kill Prospero
• Marriage of Miranda and Ferdinand

Ariel

Characters

He is a spirit who works for Prospero

Prospero

the main character

CALIBAN

He is a slave of Prospero and native of the island

Miranda

She is Prospero's daughter and the only woman on the island

Themes

• the supernatural and magic

• freedom and imprisonment

• order and anarchy

• colonization

Language and style

• A mix of prose and verse

• Care in terms' choice

• Rich lexical register

• Peculiar etymologies

Miranda, Ariel, Trinculo

• Metatheatrical elements

"The spell is over" - Prosperus' final epilogue

Shakesperare's sources

"The history of Italy", William Thomas

The Sea-Adventure's shipwreck (1609) and William Strachey's report

bibliography

• Shakespeare Learning Zone
• Royal Shakespeare Company
• The Tempest:Themes-SparkNotes
• The Tempest-LitCharts
• Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
• Shakespeare Skuola.Net
• gettyimages
• Themes Literary Devices

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