Abstract
The Tempest is thought by many to be Shakespeare's greatest and most perfect play. When the magician Prospero deliberately summons a storm to overcome his enemy King Alonso of Naples—ship—the passengers are washed ashore on a fantastical island. Prospero manipulates the king, his entourage, apparitions, and fiends as he schemes revenge on the hapless Alonso. Prospero's daughter and the king's son Ferdinand fall in love—and their fraught lover provides the catalyst for their fathers' reconciliation, contrition, and clemency.