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Comedies of William Shakespeare: The Tempest: Act V

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Ralph A.
Affiliation: Assistant Dean, College Of Arts And Science, New York University

The Tempest: Act V

Act V: Scene 1

This Act, like Act IV, is not further divided into scenes; it consists
only of the relatively short Scene 1, plus the Epilogue of twenty lines of
tetrameter verse, spoken by Prospero, which is believed by some commentators
on the play to be spurious - the later addition of someone other than
Shakespeare.

At the end of Act IV, Prospero had announced that all of his enemies are
now completely at his mercy. ...

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