The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

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Characters

  • Prospero is the usurped Duke of Milan and the play's protagonist
  • Miranda is Prospero's daughter
  • Ariel is an airy spirit
  • Caliban is Sycorax's son, who has been enslaved by Prospero
  • Alonso is the King of Naples
  • Sebastian is Alonso's brother
  • Antonio, the usurping Duke of Milan, is Prospero's brother
  • Ferdinand is Alonso's son
  • Sycorax
  • Gonzalo is a counsellor who gave aid to Prospero and Miranda
  • Adrian and Francisco are lords
  • Trinculo is a jester
  • Stephano is a drunken butler
  • Boatswain
  • Master of the ship
  • Iris, Ceres and Juno are spirits

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