In Act five, Scene one, lines one through ninety-seven of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero changes his ways and initiates the 'comic solution' of the play. Throughout the entire play, Prospero uses his magic and spells to get revenge on those that defied him. However, in Act 5.1, Prospero revokes his magic and forgives  the Lords who went against him; for a protagonist in a Shakespearean comedy, this turn-around is expected in the comic solution. In the solution, all disguise and falsehood must be wiped away. Prospero's character accomplishes this when he says he will break his staff and throw his book of magic into the sea, therefore surrendering all of his magic and destroying the one thing that brought disguise and illusion into the play. The comic solution must also result in a happy ending, which Prospero accomplishes by saying: "Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury/ do I take part. The rarer action is/ In virtue than in vengeance" (5.1 26-28). Prospero feels compassion for the other Lords, he is empathetic to what is happening to them so he ends the spell cast against them and forgives them for their injustices. By accomplishing these tasks to complete a comedic conclusion, Prospero has proven his character as a true protagonist of a Shakespearean comedy.