The Tempest: locations

Prospero's island

• Prospero's islandScene

  The unnamed and unlocated island on which nearly all the play unfolds; Prospero and Miranda live here, Ariel serves him, Caliban claims inheritance, and the shipwrecked parties wander before being reconciled.

• Prospero's cellScene

  Prospero's dwelling on the island and the principal setting of the opening exposition, Ferdinand and Miranda's courtship, and the final reconciliation.

• Caliban's caveScene

  Caliban's island dwelling, which Stephano and Trinculo hope to seize after their proposed murder of Prospero.

• Lime-tree groveScene

  The grove near Prospero's cell where Prospero and Ariel hang glittering garments to distract and trap Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo.

• Island harborMentioned

  The sheltered waters where Ariel secretly preserves the royal ship; the vessel is revealed to be seaworthy at the end.