Typical Shakespearean Comedy Structure in the Tempest

          In act IV scene 1, the Shakespearean comedy structure is shown by the structure of Ferdinand and Miranda’s dialogue, and the happy conclusion for Ferdinand and Miranda because they will be allowed to get married. When Ferdinand and Miranda speak they follow a certain format that is always repeated. Miranda and Ferdinand are always connected in their dialogue, because when they speak to each other this lines are split up. Miranda will begin a line and Ferdinand will finish, or Ferdinand will start the line and Miranda will finish. This shows that the conversations are not forced, and they have a natural flow to them.

            The comic solution in the book begins in this scene because Prospero is clearly not planning on killing his brother Antonio, and Prospero is allowing Miranda to marry Ferdinand.  Despite his differences with his brother, Prospero is moving on, and Miranda and Ferdinand now do not have to face that obstacle that was in the way of their love. Prospero is now coming back to his senses and in the epilogue he quits doing magic and gets rid of his magic book. This fully restores balance amongst the characters because Prospero is now like everyone else, and he does not have an advantage over anyone else. This is an important part of the comic solution because this is the destruction of Prospero’s deception.