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The Tempest Act 3 Scene 2 - Summary & Analysis

Here is the Summary and Critical Commentary of The Tempest Act 3 Scene 2. In this summary, we have described everything that happened in the scene in very understandable language.

 

 

This scene is very different from the previous scenes as Shakespeare has once again introduced comic sense in the play to make the readers enjoy the plot.

 

 In  Act 3 Scene 2, Caliban, the unhuman evil, explains his plan of killing Prospero, to Trinculo and Stephano. Caliban plans to kill Prospero because he wants to take over his Island, which got occupied by Prospero from Sycorax, a witch, queen of the Island, and the mother of Caliban. 

 

So we have explained all the happenings of the scene in short, easy, and a few straight paragraphs. This will help you remember all the events that took place in the scene and will also provide you ease in learning and understanding the summary.

 

 

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The Tempest Act 3 Scene 2 Summary - Starts Here

 

 The three-stranded passengers of the ship, Stephano, a butler, Trinculo, a jester, and Caliban are in a happy mood as they are all three heavily drunk. Caliban, thinking Stephano to be a powerful god, explains his plan to murder Prospero, his tyrant master, during his sleep "so that he can take over the island from him."

Ariel, the airy spirit, who works under the command of Prospero, is present there but is not visible to the three. He listens to their conversations and "causes trouble to them by mimicking Trinculo's voice.

 

 

 He interrupts Caliban when he speaks. Stephano who is fed up with Trinculo's catcalls gets angry and hits Trinculo several times."

 

Caliban explains his plan of murdering Prospero "during his short afternoon nap." Then Stephano can make his beautiful daughter his queen. 

 

 

"He wants Prospero's magic books to be destroyed because, without them, he is merely a fool and will not have even one spirit to obey his orders. All the spirits hate him. So it is necessary to burn his books." All three agreed to the plan.

Then Ariel plays a soothing tune on his pipe to divert the attention of Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo and the three follow Ariel's musical sound. All the three decided to find out the source of music and after that, they will go ahead to execute the plan of killing Prospero.

 

 

 Commentary or Analysis of The Tempest Act 3 Scene 1:

 

"This scene assumes importance because it reveals the plot plotted by the three drunken rascals to kill Prospero."

 

They plan to kill Prospero in his afternoon nap. This conspiracy is a counterpart of the conspiracy hatched by Antonio and Sebastian against Alonso and Gonzalo.

 

"The scene is  quite funny as it contains very comic dialogues and comical situations. Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo get drunk and behaved humorously.

 

 

 Their drunkenness and the confusion that they create make the situation humorous." This scene is inserted in the play to cater to the taste of the audience.

 

Shakespeare understood well that different shades of interest are essential for the drama and that the same kind of subject dealt with in all the scenes repeatedly will make the play very dull, drab, and boring.

 

Shakespeare has introduced this funny scene to provide comic relief to the audience. It also reveals the evil nature of Caliban in particular.

 

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