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- English
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The Tempest Thrift Study Edition
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Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.
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The Tempest
Contents
Dramatis Personae
Act I
Scene I
Scene II
Act II
Scene I
Scene II
Act III
Scene I
Scene II
Scene III
Act IV
Scene I
Act V
Scene I
Epilogue
Dramatis Personæ1
ALONSO, King of Naples.
SEBASTIAN, his brother.
PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan.
ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan.
FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples.
GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor.
CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave.
TRINCULO, a Jester.
STEPHANO, a drunken Butler.
Master of a Ship.
Boatswain.
Mariners.
MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero.
ARIEL, an airy Spirit.
Other Spirits attending on Prospero.
SCENE — A ship at sea: an uninhabited island.
1The Tempest was first published in the First Folio of 1623, and is the opening play of that volume. It is there divided into Acts and Scenes, and the stage directions are exceptionally full. At the close of the piece “The Scene” is described as “an uninhabited island,” and a list of the dramatis personæ is given under the heading “Names of the Actors.”
ACT I.
SCENE I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.
Enter A SHIP-MASTER and A BOATSWAIN.
MAST.Boatswain!
BOATS.Here, master: what cheer?
MAST.Good, speak to the mariners: fall to’t, yarely,1 or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.[Exit.
Enter MARINERS.
BOATS.Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the master’s whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough!2
Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others.
ALON.Good boatswain, have care. Where’s the master? Play the men.
BOATS.I pray now, keep below.
ANT.Where is the master, boatswain?
BOATS.Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm.
GON.Nay, good,3 be patient.
BOATS.When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.
GON.Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.
BOATS.None that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor; ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- The Tempest
- Study Guide