For example, when Sabastian and Antonio are about to stab their sleeping peers, Ariel wakes Gonzalo with a loud noise. However, Ariel's role is interesting in how she puts everyone except Antonio and Sebastian to sleep, showing that her manipulation can be used to gain information because now that these two are awake, she will be able to find out if they represent a threat to its ruler, Prospero. The play ends with Ariel still having to complete one last mission to gain his freedom, showing that he further had ulterior motives in being so cooperative with Prospero, because if Prospero were to be killed, Ariel could never be..