What is Prospero?
{{italictitle}} [[File:1797 Hamilton Prospero & Ariel anagoria.JPG|right|200px]] '''Prospero''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|ɒ|s|p|ər|oʊ}} {{respell|PROS|pər-o}}) is a [[Character (arts)|fictional character]] and the hero of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest (play)|The Tempest]]''. Prospero is the rightful [[List of rulers of Milan|Duke of Milan]]. He has learned [[magic (paranormal)|sorcery]] from books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/779/779-h/779-h.htm#noteref-175 |title=The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe |publisher=[[Project Gutenberg]] |language=en |access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Characters in Shakespeare's plays]]