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Ywain and Gawain
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Chaucer’s The Miller’s Prologue and Tale
John Gower
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William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
William Shakespeare The Tempest
William Shakespeare Selection of Sonnets
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Edmund Spenser From Amoretti
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Mary Wroth
Robert Herrick
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Jonathan Swift
Alexander Pope
ALONSO, King of Naples
SEBASTIAN, his brother
PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan
ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan
FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples
GONZALO, an honest old councilor
ADRIAN, Francisco, lords
CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave
TRINCULO, a jester
STEPHANO, a drunken butler
MASTER of a ship
BOATSWAIN
MARINERS
MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero
ARIEL, an airy spirit
IRIS, CERES, JUNO, NYMPHS, REAPERS, SPIRITS
SCENE: a ship at sea, followed by an uninhabited island
[Exit]
[Enter MARINERS]
[Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others]
[Exeunt]
[Re-enter BOATSWAIN]
[Re-enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO]
[Enter MARINES wet]
[A confused noise within: ‘Mercy on us!’– ‘We split, we split!’–‘Farewell, my wife and children!’
— ‘Farewell, brother!’–‘We split, we split, we split!’]
[Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN]
[Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA]
[Enter ARIEL]
[Exit ARIEL]
[Re-enter ARIEL like a water-nymph]
[Enter CALIBAN]
[Exit CALIBAN]
[Re-enter>ARIEL, invisible, playing and singing; FERDINAND following]
[Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others]
[Enter ARIEL, invisible, playing solemn music]
[All sleep except ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, and ANTONIO]
[Enter CALIBAN with a burden of wood. A noise of thunder heard]
[Enter TRINCULO]
[Enter STEPHANO, singing: a bottle in his hand]
[Drinks]
[Sings]
[Sings drunkenly]
O brave monster! Lead the way.
[Enter FERNINAND, bearing a log]
[Enter MIRANDA; and PROSPERO at a distance, unseen]
[Exeunt FERDINAND and MIRANDA severally]
[Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO]
[Enter ARIEL, invisible]
[Beats TRINCULO]
[Ariel plays the tune on a tabour and pipe]
[Enter Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others]
[Enter PROSPERO above, invisible. Enter several strange Shapes,
bringing in a banquet; they dance about it with gentle actions of salutation;
and, inviting the King, & c. to eat, they depart]
[Enter ARIEL, like a harpy; claps his wings upon the table;
and, with a quaint device, the banquet vanishes]
[ALONSO, SEBASTIAN & c. draw their swords]
[He vanishes in thunder; then, to soft music enter the Shapes again,
and dance, with mocks and mows, and carrying out the table]
[Exit above]
[Exeunt SEBASTIAN, and ANTONIO]
[Execunt]
[Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA]
[Soft music]
[Enter IRIS]
[Enter CERES]
Enter JUNO]
[They sing:]
[Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment]
[Enter certain Nymphs]
[Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance;
towards the end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly, and speaks; after which,
to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily vanish]
[To the Spirits]
[Re-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, & c]
[PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet]
[A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds,
and hunt them about, PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on]
[CALIBAN, STEPHANO,and TRINCULO, are driven out]
[Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes, and ARIEL]
[Solemn music]
[Re-enter ARIEL before: then ALONSO, with a frantic gesture,
attended by GONZALO; SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in like manner,
attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO they all enter the circle which PROSPERO
had made,and there stand charmed; which PROSPERO observing, speaks:]
[Aside to SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO]
[Here PROSPERO discovers FERDINAND and MIRANDA playing at chess]
[Kneels]
[To FERDINAND and MIRANDA]
[Re-enter ARIEL, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following]
[Re-enter ARIEL, driving in CALIBAN, STEPHANO and TRINCULO, in their stolen apparel]
[Exeunt CALIBAN,STEPHANO, and TRINCULO]
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Web. 15 December 2016. <http://shakespeare.mit.edu/tempest/>
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