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Ariel has been summoned to his/her master, Prospero. Ariel is a spirit of the air and here we learn that Ariel and Prospero were responsible for the storm at the beginning of the play. Ariel recounts how s/he flew around the ship, acting as the wind, the thunder, and the lightning. Ariel ensured that the storm was so extreme and harsh so that everyone abandoned ship and they have all now been deposited individually around the island. Ariel is gleeful about the mischief s/he has created but
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ARIEL
All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come
To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly,
To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task
Ariel and all his quality.
PROSPERO
Hast thou, spirit,
Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee?
ARIEL
To every article.
I boarded the king's ship;
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