Act 5, Scene 1 - Deneument

Section 1

• Ariel asks for mercy and Prospero gives up his magic
• Purpose - for us to like Prospero more? - development of character
• Sad regretful Prospero - adds melancholy to the moment

Section 2

• Enchanted arrival and Prospero attacking and forgiving them in their trance and then speaking with them
• Ferdinand and Miranda are revealed playing chess - important - game about power
• Change in tone towards happy ending
• Boatswain arrives
• Stephano and Trinculo ridiculed

Oh brave new world that has such people in't

• Going to be freed
• Fear for Miranda in her innocence and naivety - sadness and concern

Setting Ariel free

• Sadness, melancholy - worn out
• Ariel isn't sad
• In production Ariel didn't even look at Prospero

Epilogue

• The audience and Prospero emotionally connected
• Play can't end without the audience - power
• Ends with a direct address
• Says I can't be free unless you applaud
• Moves audience back from fiction to reality
• Conventional - a natural way of ending the play and getting applause
• Realise that in a play about power it is the audience that has it