Vocab
This word refers to a person legally entitled to property or rank of another on that person's death.
What is an heir?
Antonio and Sebastian relentlessly mock this character throughout Act II.
Who is Gonzalo?
Which character says the simile: "I can swim like a duck."
This character hides under Caliban's cloak upon hearing thunder.
Who is Trinculo?
What genre is "The Tempest"?
What is a comedy?
This word refers to the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
What is succession?
This character is invisible in Act II but plays a major part in the development of the plot.
Who is Ariel?
When Sebastian refers to himself as standing water, what type of figurative language device does he employ?
What is a metaphor?
This character agrees to kill his brother after manipulation by a friend.
Who is Sebastian?
What time period of England was "The Tempest" published in?
What is Elizabethan England?
This word means superseding and replacing, sometimes unethically.
What is the word supplant?
Why does Prospero have Ariel stop Antonio and Sebastian from killing Alonso and Gonzalo?
What is the need for personal revenge?
(Will also take he wanted to make them suffer more or save revenge for himself)
What type of figurative language is: "You rub the sore when you should bring the plaster."
What is a metaphor?
Caliban declares that he will now worship and serve this character instead of Prospero.
Who is Stephano?
This play was Shakespeare's last play.
What is "The Tempest"?
What is it called when one character turns and talks to another character directly?
What is an aside?
Who does Sebastian say would be the heir of Naples if Ferdinand is indeed dead?
Who is Claribel?
What type of figurative language device is the following line: "O' twas a din to fright a monster's ear, To make an earthquake!"
What is hyperbole?
This character saves the life of Alonso from being killed in Act II.
Who is Ariel?
This is the name of Shakespeare's theater.
What is the Globe theater?
What is it called when comedy is used to relief tension?
What is a comic relief?
This character is the master manipulator of Act II.
Who is Antonio?
What type of figurative language device is the following line: "O' out of that no hope, What great hope have you!"
What is a paradox?
This character describes a utopia that could exist on the island.
Who is Gonzalo?
What part of the plot structure is Act II?
What is the rising action?