Original artwork, not a still
The Tempest · 1623
Ariel (singing): Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Ariel’s song describes a body transformed by the sea into coral and pearls. Decay becomes a change into unfamiliar richness rather than simple disappearance. The beautiful imagery belongs to the song’s account; it does not by itself establish that the reported death has actually occurred.
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