Everyone tells stories in this play, because I think, we are just walking in on some building drama. Prospero has his whole story to tell about the ursuption of his dukedom. Caliban tells his story of being born on the island by Scorax and Prospero coming and enslaving him. Ariel has his somewhat hazy and mystified story of how Prospero saved his life and now is enslaved to him with his magics. Even the nobles tell a little about where they’re coming from and the wedding. They are all recounting these stories to people. Some of the people already know all of this like Ariel and the nobles, but then Prospero and Caliban tell their stories to people who don’t know it yet. This is how history was originally learned. People would tell stories around a fire or someone would perform at a party and then everyone would know about a certain story. This play coincides with this way of storytelling very well.
Tempest Act II
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