Characters
Who created the tempest (storm)?
Prospero/Ariel (Prospero sent Ariel to carrying out the actions and keep the passengers separated)
What are Prospero's goals? Name 2
* Regain his dukedom
* Incite revenge on his brother
* Remain in some sort of power (over Caliban and Ariel and as a sorcerer)
Who says, "Canst thou remember a time before we came unto this cell?" in Act 1, Scene 2?
Prospero
What time period is The Tempest written in?
Elizabethan Era
Who are the 2 people Caliban meets and persuades them to help kill Prospero?
Trinculo and Stephano
Who does Prospero imprison to test his love?
Ferdinand
Who says "Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not" in Act 3, Scene 2?
Caliban
What do the goddesses Iris, Ceres, and Juno represent in Roman mythology?
Iris: impersonation of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods
Ceres: Agriculture
Juno: Marriage and fertility
Who does Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio think is dead after the ship wrecks? What is his title?
Ferdinand, Prince of Naples
Why does Caliban want to harm Prospero? Why does Stephano? Give 1 reason for each
Caliban: He's enslaved by Prospero
Stephano: He wants to rule the island and take Miranda as his wife
Who says "The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
Incensed the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures,
Against your peace" in Act 3, Scene 3?
What is the "noble savage"?
An Indigenous person who could be admired for their natural way of life but was also seen as someone who needed to be ruled, taught, or “civilized"
Who is intervening in everyone's plans to harm others?
Ariel
What has Ariel done thus far? Name 3
* Helped with the tempest and kept the ship passengers separated
* Intervened in the plot to kill King Alonso
* Made Caliban hate Trinculo (because they kept talking for him)
* Intervened in the plot to kill Caliban
Who says "A ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a poor drunkard" in Act 2, Scene 2?
Trinculo
How does Miranda resist the ideals that women of the time were meant to embody?
* She picks up the log that Ferdinand struggled to pick up
* She consents/has a say in the marriage to Ferdinand
Give a one summary of the plot of the entire play so far
* Prospero created the Tempest for his brother and shipmates to wreck
* Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano plot to kill Prospero and take over the island
* Ferdinand and Miranda fall in love and marry
* Ariel intervenes in Sebastian and Antonio's plot to kill King Alonso
Who says "Earth's increase, foison plenty, barns and garners never empty" in Act 4, Scene 1?
Iris, Ceres, and Juno