Ariel doesn’t have a close relationship to other characters in the play and is often invisible to the other characters. In Shakespeare’s day, people believed that sprites and fairies were real.

Prospero controls Ariel and Caliban ... also controls the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand. Directors of Shakespeare plays sometimes change the gender of a character, which can have ...

"Ariel" tells the story of Agustina Muñoz, an Argentine actress who arrives on the Azores Islands to perform in a production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" with the Galician theater company Voadora.

Or to put it simply, empathy makes us kind. Shakespeare knew that people can be unkind. Prospero begins the play pretty hard hearted. He uses Ariel like a slave, ignoring the spirit’s pleas for ...