We all were sea-swallow’d, though some cast again: And, by that destiny, to perform an act, Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge.
- Antonio, The Tempest
A seeming tragedy involving death has changed everything, and now they might in one act gain great power. However, that act would be to commit further tragedy. Antonio tries to justify the act by the existence of the first tragedy making extreme actions if not actually just, understandable.










