He raises questions such as how audiences are supposed to feel about Prospero, the patriarchal protagonist of the play who was usurped as Duke of Milan by his brother Antonio, among other debates about the virtues of Ariel, Caliban, and Miranda. The players are not initially enthused about the production, and so Felix spends a number of classes encouraging them to discuss the various characters in the play. Felix announces during his twelfth year that, rather than performing a tragedy (his typical screening), his class will perform The Tempest. Felix teaches the class for twelve years, continuing to imagine Miranda by his side, until he decides that it is finally time to bring her back to life. Eventually, Felix gets a job as the teacher for the Literacy Through Literature Program at Fletcher Correctional Facility, a program designed to help prisoners engage with the themes and skills of literature through hands-on, creative learning. While in the shanty, he frequently imagines that his late daughter, Miranda, is there with him these fantasies help ease his grief over her untimely death.

Blindsided, Felix boils with anger and frustration but eventually agrees to leave.ĭesiring isolation, Felix moves into a small shack in a remote area of the town and thinks constantly of how he will enact his revenge on Tony and the board members who fired him. During rehearsal for the play, however, he is informed by Tony Price, the fundraising manager, that his contract has been terminated and Tony will be taking over as Artistic Director. Felix is the Artistic Director at the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival and is planning to perform a version of Shakespeare's The Tempestthat is innovative, creative, and new to audiences everywhere.

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood