Ariel
In The Tempest, Ariel is the sprite freed by the magician Prospero. Usually interpreted as male.
- Prospero:
- Thou shalt be free
- As the mountain winds
- But then exactly do
- All the points of my command.
- Ariel:
- To the syllable.
More Ariel
Ariel in Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb, 1922.
Ariel by Eva K. Martyir, in the Elfwood Gallery, 2003.
Ariel in An Illustrated Shakspere Birthday Book, 1883, published by George Routledge and Sons, London, New York.
Ariel by Henry Fuseli, c. 1800-10. Oil on canvas, approx. 36.5 " x 28 ". The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Ariel sings:
- Where the bee sucks,
- there suck I:
- There I couch
- when owls do cry,
- On a bat's back
- I do fly
- After summer merrily.
Ariel's song continues:
- Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,
- Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Ariel by F. Miller, 1850, engraving on wood.
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