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A humorous scene of incident that appears in a serious play to relieve emotional intensity
comic relief
the reason behind a character's actions
motivation
a character whose personality traits contrast sharply with the traits of another character
foil
a light hearted play that ends happily
comedy
a comment by a character to the audience that reveals his or her inner thoughts
aside
the feeling of the environment around and between the characters
atmosphere
a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
metaphor and or simile
main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as a sequence
plot
circumstances forming a background of an event, idea or statement, in such a way as to enable readers to understand the narrative or literary piece
context
when a character struggles on the inside
internal conflict
a conflict that sets a character against something beyond their control/ an outside force
external conflict
the two colonies that were founded and established when the play was written
Roanoke and Jamestown colony
what stories were in the pamphlets that inspired Shakespeare
shipwrecks and sea-adventures
how were Renaissance political conflicts resolved typically?
by marriage
according to the informational text on the context of The Tempest, what are the two motivations for colonist and explorers?
greed and ambition
how does the play open
the conflict of a ship struggling at sea with a tempest
