"The Tempest"

Act 1 Scene 1

This scene introduces the tempest, or the storm that causes the characters to be shipwrecked. The tempest is what brings all the characters together. I think the storm might be representative of the conflict that links the characters from previous arguments or “storms.”   Gonzalo mentions that he would "give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground" and that he would rather "die a dry death," which illustrates the severity of the storm and how much everyone wants to get off the ship and away from the sea.