One dark night Antonio ordered his men to open the gates of Milan the beautiful city in which Prospero lived The King of Naples came into Milan with his army and seized Prospero and his little girl Miranda . Antonio could not kill Prospero there because he knew how much the people of Milan loved him . He wanted everyone to think that Prospero and Miranda had died by chance . So the soldiers took Prospero and Miranda and put them on a ship. When the ship was far out to sea they made Prospero and Miranda get into a small boat and left them in the middle of the sea to die