Tempest
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"The Tempest": A Play Amongst a Great Storm
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers of all time. Near the end of his writing career, about 1610 or 1611, he wrote "The Tempest," a play ending his career with magic, mayhem, and comedy. "The Tempest" is a play about greed and deception, yet it is primarily about forgiveness. In the second scene of the first act, Prospero, the main character, describes his shipwrecked enemies.
Miranda asks about the poor ship that is fighting the storm and she is answered by her father, telling her what a few of them had done to him 12 years ago. The Tempest explains Prospero's banishment: when Prospero let his brother. Antonio, run small business affairs of the kingdom, Antonio in return conspired against Prospero and with the help of Alonzo , he took over his dukedom authority. Alonzo helped Antonio probably because he must have thought he could use Antonio's help to gain more political power; therefore, Alonzo was also just as greedy. Later on, Antonio's greed overcomes him one more time. He sees the predicament the Kingdom of Naples is in once Alonzo and his company starts to believe of Ferdinand's death...