Drunk and More Drunk Trinculo and Stephano though not major characters in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, serve a large role in the story itself. They mainly serve as the story’s comic relief and they also contribute to demonstrating to the audience how evil has no boundaries. Much of the play revolves around Prospero’s contempt for everyone who betrayed him, and Prospero forces the conspirators to a remote island. Trinculo and Stephano had …showed first 75 words of 513 total…

…showed last 75 words of 513 total…they’re gods and take more advantage of him. Shakespeare used Trinculo and Stephano as comic relief primarily but also used to demonstrate the evil in our nature. In a way, he seemed to have been condemning humans. This story is a prime example of the selfishness, egocentrism, and power hunger that we see and deal with every day. Trinculo and Stephano were two characters used to show how wrong we human beings really are.