THE TEMPEST: ACTS I & II Act I, scene 1 The beginning of The Tempest introduces five of the major characters of the play: Alonso, the King of Naples; Ferdinand, his son; Sebastian, Alonso’s brother; Antonio, the Duke of Milan; and finally Gonzalo, Alonso’s counselor. The first scene is situated on a ship in uncharted waters during a wild and destructive storm. During this, Alonso and Ferdinand are praying for their safety. Meanwhile, Antonio and …showed first 75 words of 1906 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1906 total…in the play. The characters are more complex than the human characters in other tragedies. One thing that I did not like about The Tempest was that it was extremely hard to follow at some parts. The whole assassination attempt in act two, for example, was somewhat sketchy in detail. Also, all of act five was confusing. I had to go back over it a second time to fully understand how the play was resolved.