| The reason Ariel willingly serves Prospero | Because Prospero rescued him from imprisonment |
| The reason Prospero and Miranda have turned against Caliban | Caliban attacked Miranda |
| The way Shakespeare presents Miranda in Act I | kind and compassionate |
| Shakespeare uses prose and poetry to distinguish the speech of commoners and aristocrats, but as far as the content of their speech, how do they relate to one another specifically in Act I? | As equals |
| One of the qualities of a romance is an unrealistic plot. In Act I, what aspect of Ferdinand and Miranda’s meeting is unrealistic? | Ferdinand suggests that they get married as soon as he meets her. |
| The reason Caliban hides under his cloak when Trinculo appears | he believes that Prospero has sent Trinculo to punish him |
| The way Antonio persuades Sebastian that if they kill Alonso, Sebastian can become King of Naples. | By arguing that Alonso’s daughter is too far from Naples to interfere |
| The way Trinculo treats Caliban in Act II | With disrespect |
| A reason that Shakespeare might has the aristocrats speak in prose in Act II | the prose allows the dialogue to be more funny and casual |
| The highest ranking official in the group of shipwrecked men | Alonso |
| The reason Prospero spies on Ferdinand and Miranda | to find out if Ferdinand truly loves Miranda |
| The way Alonso reacts when Ariel accuses him of wrongdoing against Prospero | admits guilt and expresses remorse |
| Ferdinand’s attitude as he carries wood | He would do anything for Miranda/makes the best of the situation |
| When Alonso speaks to Prospero about his son being dead, Prospero responds in this way | He foster’s Alonso’s beliefs that Ferdinand is dead by keeping Ferdinand hidden |
| Describe the subplot of Ariel and Prospero. | Prospero confides his story and his plans with Ariel. Ariel helps Prospero carry out his plans in hope of freedom |
| The agreement Prospero makes with Miranda and Ferdinand at the beginning of Act IV | to let them get married |
| The trick Ariel played on Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo | he played musics that charmed and confused them, then lured them into a pool of dirty water |
| The way Prospero punishes Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban at the end of Act IV | sends dogs and goblins chasing them |
| How Ariel feels towards Prospero at the end of Act IV? | loyal |
| The reason Shakespeare uses asides in his plays | to share something with the audience that he doesn’t want the characters on stage to know |
| The realization that Caliban comes to at the end of the play | He realizes Stephano is a drunken fool |
| The way Antonio responds when Prospero accuses him | he says nothing |
| Describe the lesson that Prospero learns. | to forgive old injuries and put them in the past |
| What does the epilogue at the end symbolize? | Shakespeare’s freedom from the theater |
| Why does Shakespeare use rhymed couplets in Ariel’s song? | Ariel is lively and lighthearted and it makes it stand out from the blank verse |
| Alonso | King of Naples and father of Ferdinand. Alonso aided Antonio in unseating Prospero as Duke of Milan twelve years before. As he appears in the play, however, he is acutely aware of the consequences of all his actions. He blames his decision to marry his daughter to the Prince of Tunis on the apparent death of his son. In addition, after the magical banquet, he regrets his role in the usurping of Prospero. |
| Sebastian | brother of Alonsofriends with Antoniorude, arrogant, willing to kill the kingcoward, no moral center”thy case, dear friend shall be my precedent” |
| Prospero | the right Duke of Milan |
| Antonio | his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan |
| Ferdinand | Son of the King Of Naples, married Miranda |
| Gonzalo | An old, honest lord, Gonzalo helped Prospero and Miranda to escape after Antonio usurped Prospero’s title. Gonzalo’s speeches provide an important commentary on the events of the play, as he remarks on the beauty of the island when the stranded party first lands, then on the desperation of Alonso after the magic banquet, and on the miracle of the reconciliation in Act V, scene i. |
| Andrian and Francisco | Lords |
| Caliban | Another of Prospero’s servants. Caliban, the son of the now-deceased witch Sycorax, acquainted Prospero with the island when Prospero arrived. Caliban believes that the island rightfully belongs to him and has been stolen by Prospero. His speech and behavior is sometimes coarse and brutal, as in his drunken scenes with Stephano and Trinculo (II.ii, IV.i), and sometimes eloquent and sensitive, as in his rebukes of Prospero in Act I, scene ii, and in his description of the eerie beauty of the island in Act III, scene ii (III.ii.130-138). savage and deformed slave |
| trinculo | jester |
| Stephano | a drunken butler |
| Miranda | Daughter of Prospero. Falls in love with Ferdinand. |
| Ariel | Airy spirit and servant to Prospero |
| iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable |
| Plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| Subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story |
| Motif | A recurring theme, subject or ideaEx.The use of Strange or Strangely |
| plot structure | exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolutionIn Shakespearean comedies, the resolution of a play occurs in its final section, when all conflicts are resolved and all the characters come together.Shakespeare also adds and epilogue where a characters adds final comments on the conflict and resolution of the play. |
| Poetic Structure | The way words are arranged in lines, lines are arranged in stanzas, and units of sound are organized to achieve rhythm and rhyme. |
The Tempest
July 31, 2019