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What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do? She is sleepwalking and talking about the murders. The doctor decides his best move is to not mention that he heard anything, and he…

S1 The witches set the scene in medieval Scotland and plan to meet Macbeth S2 A wounded captain tells King Duncan about the bravery of Macbeth and Banquo in a battle S3 The witches meet Macbeth and tell him he…

Here, Prospero promises to break his staff and give up his magic forever but immediately after delivering this speech, Prospero holds Alonso in a “charm” and later orders Ariel to make sure the seas are calm so the cast can…

What year was The Tempest written? 1609 Romance An imaginative story in prose/poetry, where the plot is the most important element What is the setting of The Tempest? The age of exploration/colonization; 17th century Elizabeth Era Each person occupied a…

Where does Act Two take place? another part of the island What are the attitudes f the characters in the opening lines of 2.1? they are happy to be alive When Sebastian tells Antonio “He receives comfort like cold porridge[,]”…

What have we here? A man or a fish? Dead or alive? What have we… Legged like a man and his fins like arms! Legged like a… This is some monster of the isle, with four legs This is some……

despite representing hpe te young couple are engaged in love that has been engineered, thus allowing shakespeare to suggest that the hope they embody is not a true emotion. it is a situation controlled by a “power monger” the most…

When was the Tempest written? 1611 How old was Shakespeare when he wrote the The Tempest? 47 When did Shakespeare die? 1617 Who was monarch at the time? James I of England What event possibly inspired the play? In 1609,…

corrupt: (adj.) immoral, lacking integrity The corrupt judge was known to accept bribes. mire: (n.) bog, swamp, marshy area The hiker emerged from the mire a bit muddy, but almost home. tempest: (n.) a violent storm We thought it was…

The Tempest Title foreshadows chaos and disarray of the play. Not by Mother Nature but Prospero. Unnatural. Seen as just in Prospero’s eyes “pluck my magic garment from me” Act 1 Scene 2 – Physical part of his being? Can’t…