When Miranda and Ferdinand see each other for the first time, they fall in love with each other. Prospero is inwardly happy with his development, but he wants to test Ferdinand’s sincerity in love. So, he imposes some punishment upon Ferdinand. Ferdinand is to carry logs of wood from different places and pile them in…
Ferdinand was the son of Alonso, the King of Naples. He was separated from the rest of the survivors after the shipwreck. According to Prospero’s command, Ariel landed Ferdinand by himself in an out-of-the-way corner of the island. As Ferdinand sat alone on the island, mourning the supposed death of his father, suddenly he heard…
The shipwreck of the enchanted island which Miranda witnesses and moves her heart to pity, provides the occasion to Prospero’s narration of his past history to Miranda. To explain the shipwreck which as Miranda understands, is caused by her father’s magic power, Prospero has to go back to his past history to show the connection…
Sebastian finds that Gonzalo is contradicting himself. At first, Gonzalo said that if he were the King of this island, he would establish different modes of living and now he says that there will be no Kingship here. Antonio says that in his closing remarks about the new King of society which would establish here,…
In Gonzalo’s commonwealth, nature would herself do all the work which human beings have to do in present state of affairs in various countries. In his ideal commonwealth, nature herself would produce all the commodities for the common use of all the people and human beings would not have to exert themselves.
In Gonzalo’s new and ideal commonwealth, there would be no treachery, disloyalty, crime, swords, tribes, daggers, guns and any other weapons. Nature would of its own accord, produce plenty of everything to feed the innocent people living in his ideal commonwealth.
Gonzalo pictures a commonwealth the like of which can never be established on earth. This commonwealth is more of a dream paradise which can never exist on this planet. He is talking like this perhaps just to cheer up Alonso but it can be wondered if such foolish talk can afford any comfort to any…
Sebastian thinks that Adrian will be the first to talk whereas Antonio is of the opinion that it is Gonzalo who will talk first. On this dispute of talking first, they enter a bet that the winner should hear the loser bursting into a laugh.
Sebastian loses bet and bursts into laugh because Adrian began to talk first. Adrian says that the island seems to be unfit for human habitation and is almost beyond the reach of human beings.