The Question and Answer section for The Tempest is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Miranda has empathy because she the storm and shipwreck that brought both her and her father to the island is so similar. She worries that good men have died.
I'm not sure how you felt. Prospero is simply winding up his plan. I think Prospero has tempered both his anger and his revenge. I think he is ready to grant mercy to those that have wronged him. He is also ready to give Ariel her promised...
In The Tempest, the storm at sea serves as the plot's inciting event. The storm washes Prospero's enemies onto the island's shore, placing them at his mercy. In this sense the tempest or storm represents a disturbance of the social order. It also...
