Act 3, scene 1 Ferdinand is visited by Miranda.In return, Caliban abandons Prospero’s service and swears to be Stephano’s subject. Stephano, drunk, finds them both and shares his bottle with them. Act 2, scene 2 Having escaped the apparently sinking ship, Trinculo finds Caliban hiding under a cloak, under which Trinculo also crawls to take shelter from the storm.Ariel, invisible, returns to awake Gonzalo, who wakes the rest. Antonio seizes the occasion to persuade Sebastian to kill King Alonso and Gonzalo and take the throne of Naples. Then Ariel, invisible, charms asleep all but Antonio and Sebastian. Gonzalo tries unsuccessfully to encourage hope in Alonso of Ferdinand’s survival. Act 2, scene 1 King Alonso and his entourage wander the island in search of Ferdinand.Prospero, delighted that Ferdinand and Miranda fall instantly in love, puts false obstacles in their way by accusing Ferdinand of treason and by using charms to enslave him. Ariel, invisible, entices Ferdinand, son and heir to Alonso, into the presence of Prospero and Miranda. Prospero wakes Miranda, and they visit Caliban, whom Prospero threatens with torture if he will not continue his labors. Having charmed Miranda asleep, Prospero summons the spirit Ariel, hears Ariel’s report of the tempest, and gives him further orders. He then tells her how, twelve years before, his brother Antonio conspired with Alonso, king of Naples, to usurp Prospero’s dukedom and put him and Miranda to sea, where they happened upon the barren island that is now their home. Act 1, scene 2 Prospero, the former duke of Milan, who has been stranded on a barren island for twelve years with his daughter, Miranda, explains to her that he used his magic to raise the storm and that he ensured that no one on the ship was harmed.
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