Plot
•Astarte’s prophecy: “Tomorrow ends thine earthly
ills” (2. 4. 152)
•Abbot of St. Maurice suggests repentance and
offers God’s forgiveness
•Dark spirits arrive to claim Manfred’s soul
•Manfred defies God and the spirits to die on
his own terms— “Old man! ’tis not so difficult
to die” (3. 4. 151)