The Tempest

A banished sorcerer raises a storm to bring his enemies ashore, then chooses forgiveness over revenge.

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▸Act 1, Scene 1On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise ▸Act 1, Scene 2The island. Before PROSPERO'S cell.▸Act 2, Scene 1Another part of the island.▸Act 2, Scene 2Another part of the island.▸Act 3, Scene 1Before PROSPERO'S Cell.▸Act 3, Scene 2Another part of the island.▸Act 3, Scene 3Another part of the island.▸Act 4, Scene 1Before PROSPERO'S cell.▸Act 5, Scene 1Before PROSPERO'S cell.

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16EXT. THE ISLAND. BEFORE PROSPERO’S CELL — DAY2 pgA wedding masque dissolves and Prospero speaks his mind.

Monologues in this work2

PROSPERO

The Tempest · William Shakespeare

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,

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TRINCULO

The Tempest · William Shakespeare

Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing; I hear it sing i' the wind: yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.

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Writer	William Shakespeare
Written	c. 1611
Pages	75
Reading time	~2 hrs
Monologues	2 indexed
Themes	power, forgiveness, magic, freedom
Principals	Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand

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