ENGL 2148 Chapter : The Tempest
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Gonzalo, a philosopher, who saves the lives of prospero and miranda. Alonso, the king of naples, is returning from the wedding of his daughter to a foreign prince when his ship is overtaken by a terrible storm. In his company are duke antonio of milan and other gentlemen of the court. As the gale rises in fury and it seems certain the vessel will split and sink, the noble travelers are forced to abandon ship and trust to fortune in the open sea. The tempest is no chance disturbance of wind and wave. It was raised by a wise magician, prospero, when the ship sails close to an enchanted island on which he and his lovely daughter, miranda, are the only human inhabitants. The exiles drift at last to an island that is the refuge of sycorax, an evil sorceress. Caliban, her son, a strange, misshapen creature of brute intelligence, able only to hew wood and draw water.
