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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Type of Work:

Romantic fantasy

Setting

A remote island; fifteenth century

Principal Characters

Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, cast away on an island in the sea
Miranda, his beautiful daughter
Alonso, King of Naples
Ferdinand, Alonso's son
Antonio, Prospero's wicked brother, and false Duke of Milan
Sebastian, Alonso's brother
Gonzalo, a kind philosopher
Trinculo and Stephano, two drunken courtiers
Ariel, Prospero's spirit servant
Caliban, Propero's grotesque slave-monster

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