What does the phrasewaves lappingmean in the following sentence? He fell asleep listening to thewaves lappingonto the shore and
dreamed of tiny turtles being drawn to the sound.

A. The waves are making a lapping sound as they hit the beach and pull out into the ocean.

Explanation:

The waves lapping refers to the act of the waves hitting or splashing against anything that is on their way. The waves come and hit the shores and then retreat back to the vast ocean. This to and fro movement of the waves is called 'lapping'.

Likewise, the phrase "waves lapping" when used in the given sentence refers to the sound that the waves make when they hit the beach and retreat into the ocean.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.