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Summary: Act I, scene i. A violent storm rages around a small ship at sea. The master of the ship calls for his boatswain to rouse the mariners to action and prevent the ship from being run aground by the tempest. Chaos ensues. Some mariners enter, followed by a group of nobles comprised of Alonso, King of Naples, Sebastian, his brother ...
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Act I, Scene 1 Summary. The action opens on a ship at sea during a wild storm. There is noise and confusion everywhere as sailors and passengers struggle to survive. Most of the action of the play takes place on an island. The first scene, however, is a realistic recreation of the dangers of a storm at sea.
Act 1 scene 1. On board a ship caught in a violent storm are: Alonso, the King of Naples; Ferdinand, his son; Sebastian, his brother; Gonzalo, his counsellor; Antonio, the Duke of Milan; and two lords called Adrian and Francisco. This group of noblemen are returning to Italy after the wedding of Alonso’s daughter in Tunisia.
Summary. The sailors onboard a ship are caught in a fierce and raging thunderstorm on their journey from the north coast of Africa to Italy. As they work to take down the sails to save the ship, the noble passengers Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, and Gonzalo come aboveboard. Tensions rise when the boatswain insists that the noblemen ...
Act I, Scene 1 Summary: “On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.”. On a storm-tossed sea, the ship’s boatswain works frantically, ordering his men to reposition sails and do what else they can to save the ship from crashing against a nearby shore. King Alonso of Naples is aboard; he and several other ...
Act I, Scene 1 Summary. Blenda Femenías has over three decades of experience teaching and tutoring. The Tempest begins with the storm at sea that gives the play its title. Amid thunder, lightning ...
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The Tempest Summary. Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be ...
