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Antonio and Sebastian - along with King Alonso, the adviser Gonzalo, and other royal figures - are shipwrecked on a mystical island. Suddenly, everyone except Antonio and Sebastian fall asleep. Antonio, who (with Alonso’s help) deposed and exiled his brother Prospero many years ago, now induces Sebastian to revolt against his own brother (Alonso). The men are struck by the mystery of the island, but also see it as an opportunity to claim more power in anticipation of returning to Italy.
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SEBASTIAN What a strange drowsiness possesses them!
ANTONIO It is the quality o' the climate.
SEBASTIAN Why
Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not
Myself disposed to sleep.
ANTONIO Nor I; my spirits are nimble.
They fell together all, as by consent;
They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might,
Worthy Sebastian? O,
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