The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Cover: Miranda - The Tempest (1916), oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1917)
Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, has lived twelve years on an island with his daughter Miranda, the spirit Ariel and the creature Caliban. When his enemies are shipwrecked on the shore by his magic, he arranges a courtship, a rebellion and a reckoning before deciding to give up his art.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.