Shakespeare's Characters in The Tempest


ALONSO, King of Naples

SEBASTIAN, his Brother

PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan

ANTONIO, his Brother, the usurping Duke of Milan

MIRANDA, Daughter to Prospero

ARIEL, an airy Spirit

CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave

FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples

GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor

ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, Lords

TRINCULO, a Jester

STEPHANO, a drunken Butler

Master of a Ship, Boatswain, Mariners

IRIS, CERES, JUNO, Nymphs, Reapers, presented by Spirits

Other Spirits attending on Prospero

 

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