# Ariel — Disenchantment character guide

> Ariel in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0048-ii

## Who they are

The spirit from Shakespeare's The Tempest, a poetic allusion.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i)

Used metaphorically to describe the pervasive 'imp of frustration' sabotaging the war effort, akin to Ariel in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v)

Referenced metaphorically as a spirit whose tunes Authority would play to confuse the enemy.

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