ABSTRACT

In 3.3 of The Tempest, Ariel, clad as a harpy, appears to Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio, declaring that their shipwreck is intrinsically linked to their earlier “foul deed” of supplanting Prospero as Duke of Milan. Strikingly, despite his attire as a classical emblem of vengeance, he characterizes his mission not as one of revenging, but of remembering: 1 But remember (For that’s my business to you) that you three From Milan did supplant good Prospero; Exposed unto the sea. 2