The royal party has searched for Ferdinand but they have failed to find him. They are all tired. Prospero arrives and watches them from above. After a while, a number of ghostly shapes arrive and with them, a lavish banquet. After gesturing to the party that they should approach and eat, the spirit shapes depart. The royal party cannot believe what they have seen, but they are also hungry and ready to eat.
Ariel appears and this time he is disguised as a harpy. He makes the banquet disappear and accuses Antonio, Sebastian and Alonso of being sinful men. The men draw their swords but they are frozen in place by magic and unable to lift up their arms. The king is shaken by what he has seen and heard, and he flees, as do Antonio and Sebastian. Worried that they might do themselves harm, Gonzalo sends Adrian and Francisco to watch them.
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