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The Tempest Review

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  • 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
  • how does the play open
    the conflict of a ship struggling at sea with a tempest
  • a comment by a character to the audience that reveals his or her inner thoughts
    aside
  • main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as a sequence
    plot
  • why didn't Antonio kill his brother
    the people loved Prospero and it would cause riots and chaos
  • what does Prospero plan to do to Ferdinand at the end of Act One
    make him his slave as bait
  • a conflict that sets a character against something beyond their control/ an outside force
    external conflict
  • a light hearted play that ends happily
    comedy
  • why did Prospero give his brother Antonio authority to govern
    he was too busy obsessing over his books and knowledge
  • the feeling of the environment around and between the characters
    atmosphere
  • who is Sycorax and Caliban
    an exiled witch and Caliban is her son
  • how does the Boatswain feel towards the King and his men
    annoyed and frustrated because they are in the way
  • a character whose personality traits contrast sharply with the traits of another character
    foil
  • according to the informational text on the context of The Tempest, what are the two motivations for colonist and explorers?
    greed and ambition
  • why does Prospero call his daughter ignorant after she confronts him about the storm
    she doesn't know anything about his past and where they come from
  • how were Renaissance political conflicts resolved typically?
    by marriage
  • How did Prospero feel about Caliban when he first arrived on the island and how does he feel about him now?
    he cared for him, and now hates him
  • why is Ariel a slave to Prospero
    he was cursed, stuck in a tree and Prospero set him free
  • a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
    metaphor and or simile
  • the reason behind a character's actions
    motivation
  • when a character struggles on the inside
    internal conflict
  • what stories were in the pamphlets that inspired Shakespeare
    shipwrecks and sea-adventures
  • who is Ferdinand
    the son of the King of Naples
  • A humorous scene of incident that appears in a serious play to relieve emotional intensity
    comic relief
  • the two colonies that were founded and established when the play was written
    Roanoke and Jamestown colony
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