With this extraordinary monologue about forgiveness and liberation, after a life of abuse suffered, exiled from his land, the Duchy of Milan, Prospero breaks the magic art he learned to wield on the island which helped him to do justice, absolves his executioners, frees the spirit of Nature and of Good (Ariel) and Evil (Caliban, who, ironically, promises to behave righteously and honestly) and asks for indulgence from us, the reading and viewing public.