What does Prospero instruct Ariel to do in this scene? | Prospero tells Ariel to hang his royal wardrobe on the lime tree outside his cell. |
What does Prospero call Caliban in this scene? | Prospero calls Caliban a “born devil.” |
Why does Prospero feel he has treated Caliban humanely? | Prospero has taken Caliban into his own cell and taught him language. |
How do Stephano and Trinculo react to Prospero’s expensive wardrobe? | Stephano and Trinculo are distracted, forgetting about their conspiracy to murder Prospero. |
How does Caliban react to Prospero’s finery? | Caliban thinks Prospero’s robes are nothing but “trash.” |
What do Stephano and Trinculo do with Prospero’s kingly robes? | Stephano and Trinculo steal Prospero’s robes. |
Who carries the stolen clothing? Why? | Caliban is told that he must carry the stolen clothes or Stephano will turn him out of his kingdom. |
What finally happens to the thieving trio? | The thieving trio is driven out by Prospero’s spirits in the shape of dogs. |
In what way is Shakespeare observing the Aristotelian unity of time? | The action of the play takes place within the timespan of one day. |
Where has Ariel left the members of the royal party? | Ariel has left the royal party imprisoned in a grove of trees next to Prospero’s cell. |
What is the emotional condition of the king and his followers? | Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio are distraught and the others are mourning for them. |
What does Prospero decide to do about the royal party? | Prospero intends to forgive the “three men of sin” if they are penitent. |
What does Prospero intend to do with his magic staff and book? | Prospero will break his staff and throw his book into the sea. |
Why does Prospero give up his magic? | Prospero’s magic has accomplished its purpose of bringing his enemies to repentance and regaining his dukedom in Milan. |
Why do the king and his royal party stand in a circle? | Prospero’s magic circle keeps the king and his royal party spellbound. |
What does Prospero tell Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio after the magic spell wears off? | Prospero tells the three men that they are forgiven for all their evil deeds. |
What does Prospero do with his magic robe after he forgives his enemies? | Prospero removes his magic robe to present himself as the former Duke of Milan. |
Act 4&5 English the tempest
July 3, 2019