The Tempest
By Dean Lee
Main Characters
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Prospero: The main character of this play
Miranda: Prospero's daughter
Ariel: Prospero’s magic fairy
Caliban: A giant beast
Iris, Ceres, Juno, Nymphs and Reapers: Spirits that appear by
Prospero's will.
Alonso: The King of Naples.
Ferdinand: Son of the King of Naples.
Sebastian: The brother of Alonso
Antonio: The brother of Prospero
Gonzalo: An honest old counselor.
Stephano: A drunken butler
Trinculo: Tries to kill Prospero.
Master of a ship, Boatswains, Mariners: shipwrecked in Prospero by
tempest.
Act I
• Alonso, Sebestian, Ferdinand, Antonio, Gonzalo
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were sailing but they met storm and was likely
to be shipwrecked.
The storm was caused by Prospero and his
daughter Miranda asks to stop the storm.
Ariel the fairy leads Ferdinand to Miranda and
those two fell in love.
Act II
• Ariel puts every shipwreck survivors into sleep by magical
song, except Sebastian and Antonio. Prospero was Duke
of Milan, and because they wanted to be the Duke, they
first thought that replacing the king should be the first
step.
• When they were about to kill Alonso, but Ariel woke
everybody, and the two made an excuse for taking out
their swords.
• Meanwhile, Trinculo, the jester in the ship discovers
Caliban, the beast. Stephano, a drunken butler gives
Caliban alcohol and convinced him to kill Prospero
together
Act III
• Prospero, who became invisible,
watched his daughter with Ferdinand
and was happy to find out that
Ferdinand took Miranda as his wife.
Act IV
• Prospero came up to Ferdinand and told that he
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will freely give his daughter for marriage.
Prospero knew that Stephando, Trinculo, and
Caliban were trying to kill him, so he instructed
Ariel to lead the shipwrecked men on his island.
Prospero also told Ariel to distract the three
men with their clothes, failing them to focus on
killing Prospero.
Act V
• Prospero brought everyone except the three. He forgives
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Alonso for vanishing him to this island.
He also forgives Sebastian and Antonio for trying to kill
Alonso. He promised not to tell Alonso about their act.
Ferdinand and Miranda were playing chess, and Alonso
was overjoyed to see his son and his wife.
After that, Prospero appeared to Stephando, Trinculo,
and Caliban and forgives them. Caliban was embarrassed
to follow Trinculo, a fool.
Prospero announces that the survivors will head to
Naples. He freed Ariel, his fairy
Epiloque
• Prospero asks the audience to free him
and make him to continue his life as
Duke of Milan.