 Let's discuss Alonso's character in The Tempest. Alonso is the king of Naples, however, he is Prospero's enemy because he helped Antonio, his Prospero's brother, overthrow him when he used to be the Duke of Milan. Do you bear in mind that Prospero, when we meet him in the play as the audience, he is exiled on an island with his daughter Miranda. He used to be the former Duke of Milan, however, as a result of Alonso helping Antonio overthrow him, he was deposed, he was kicked out and then he had to flee and run away from the city. Therefore, it's because of this Prospero, when he is on the island by himself, he learns magic and then he shipwrecks the ship that Alonso is traveling in. So he is the king of Naples and also his son is Ferdinand. Within the play, he mistakenly believes that his son has drowned and also when Aerial, this is the servant of Prospero, when he basically accuses him of his sins and reminds him of the role that he played in betraying and overthrowing Prospero, we learn that Alonso is actually very, very sad. He feels a lot of remorse and at the end of the play, when he realizes both his son is alive, but also he is in love with Miranda, who is Prospero's daughter. He's actually really happy and he begs for Prospero's forgiveness. Now, when it comes to his character, particularly if you're writing about him for your coursework or exams, if you're studying the Tempest, there are some key quotations you need to be aware of. So I have selected the most relevant quotes to use for his character when you're writing about his character and I'll point out the word of analysis you can do if you're writing about him, either for your coursework or exam. So let's get started with the first quote by Alonso. This is when he mistakenly believes that his son Ferdinand has drowned. He states, I will put off my hope, ellipsis, he is drowned. Now, bear in mind that this is a declarative sentence, which is a structural point. Declarative sentence is a sentence that states a fact, feeling a mood. Here, he believes the fact that his son has died and obviously he feels a lot of grief. Also, the other word of analysis he want to do is the pronoun I and my. And here, of course, this emphasizes the deep sense of grief that Alonso feels when he realizes or he mistakenly believes that his son has died in this fatal shipwreck. The second quotation for his character is, when he talks about the accusation and the music he heard by Ariel, which was reminding him of all his sinful actions against Prospero, when he's asked to talk about it and when he's asked about it by Gonzalo, he says, Oh, it's monstrous, monstrous. Now, here, the repetition of the adjectives, monstrous, reveals just how guilty he feels as a result of being reminded by Ariel. He doesn't know that Ariel works for Prospero. But as a result of this reminder, he feels really horrible to remember all the terrible things that he did against Prospero in order to aid his brother, Antonio. The third quotation for his character, for Alonso's character is, when he finally meets Prospero, he realizes that Prospero is still alive and well, and he states, Thy dukedom I resign, and do and treat thou pardon my wrongs. Now, here, what he's basically saying is, Prospero, I'm so sorry. Please, please, please forgive me for all the betrayal that I did against you. But also, if you're willing to come back to Milan, I will give you, I will reinstate your dukedom, or give me back your title, and you can have your title back. Now, here, what we can see is, again, he feels very remorseful. And at this stage, he still believes his son is dead. However, he feels really remorseful to Prospero for how he played a part in his betrayal. And the word of analysis you want to do here is when he says pardon my wrongs. Now, this is what we call an imperative sentence. An imperative sentence is a sentence that asks or orders or commands somebody to do something here. In this case, the imperative sentence is pardon my wrongs. Here, he's basically commanding Prospero in a very nice way to forgive him for the betrayal that he engaged in. Okay, so of course, here, we can see that he is very remorseful about his cat actions. The next quotation to bear in mind with Alonzo's character is when he states, Irreparable is the loss and patient says it is fast with her cure. Now, here, he still believes that his son Ferdinand is dead. And he's basically saying, you know, I feel so much grief and no amount of patience will make me forget this grief that I feel for the loss of my son. The word of analysis you want to do here is when he personifies the nature of patients where he's talking about how much grief he's feeling over his son, he personifies patients and says patients says it is past her care. What he's saying here in this personification is that no amount of time can pass where he's going to forget the memory of his son and feel less grief. No matter how much time goes, no matter how patient he stays, he's always going to grieve his dead son. And at this point, he still believes, mistakenly, that Ferdinand died in the shipwreck. Now, the next quotation to bear in mind is when he, of course, after this is when he realizes that Ferdinand is alive and he gives him and Miranda the blessing to have their relationship. And also, this part of him trying to get prosperous to forgive him to show that he is willing to really work for prosperous forgiveness where he lets his son marry prosperous daughter. Now, when he has agreed to this and you know, the ending of the play, he's really happy and everybody is happy within this play. He talks directly to prosperous and states a lot to hear the story of your life, which must take the air strangely. So just basically saying 12 years of past since I last saw you, I'd love to hear what's happened in those 12 years. And you know, even the fact that now you know how to practice all of this magic. So your story must be a very strange and epic story. Okay. And of course, we already as an audience know that yes, indeed, he does have an epic story. And this is told at the end of the play, which is a very clever tactic that William Shakespeare is using. Now, the word of analysis you want to do here is firstly, the essence of Oh, and long to story of your and the personification of the story taking the air. Okay. And of course, what he's saying here, what Alonso is saying here is prosperous story of how he's kind of risen out like a phoenix out of the ashes, basically then managed to learn all of this black magic. And now he's going to reinstate himself as a Duke of Milan. Him learning about his journey to this stage must be an amazing epic story that he wants to hear. Okay. So that's it when it comes to discussing and the key quotations related to the character of Alonso who is the father of Ferdinand and the king of Naples.