# The Tempest — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-i.md): The Tempest — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): A violent storm rages at sea, causing a ship carrying Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, and others to be in grave danger. The Boatswain struggles to keep the vessel afloat while the nobles interfere, leadin
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Prospero reveals to Miranda that he caused the shipwreck through his magic, but assures her no harm was done. He recounts their past: how his brother Antonio usurped his dukedom with the help of the King of Naples, and h
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-ii.md): The Tempest — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md): Alonso mourns his lost son Ferdinand while Gonzalo tries to comfort him. Sebastian and Antonio mock Gonzalo and discuss the marriage of Claribel to the King of Tunis. Antonio persuades Sebastian to kill Alonso and seize 

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- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tempest_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)

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