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The Tempest

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

Act 1

Congrats daughter, you're finally old enough to hear the family drama. I need to go enact my revenge now; but here's a boyfriend I'll pretend to disapprove of as a consolation gift.

Act 2

Your friendly neighborhood island spirit does a lot of putting people to sleep, then waking them up again, but this time, to stop a murder. Caliban tastes liquor for the first time and is convinced butler buddy is God.

Act 3

Not knowing her father's watching, Miranda and Ferdinand promise to marry each other. Ariel conjures a banquet to lure the old royals and confront them, then makes it vanish before they can eat.

Act 4

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and or little lives are rounded with a sleep.”

Prospero: Jk, Jk, daughter. I do, in fact, approve of boyfriend.

Act 5

Everyone reunites, all is forgiven, and Ariel and Caliban are freed. Prospero quits magic and travels with everyone for Miranda and Ferdinand's upcoming wedding; in addition to him becoming Duke again.