Tempest: Act 5

1. Check journals and vocab
2. Let's get down to business:

Discussion Questions

The Basics:
1.What does Prospero do before Ariel brings in Alonso and the others?
2. How does Prospero treat his prisoners as they awake? How do they respond? Specifically, how does he treat Sebastian and Antonio? How do they respond?
3. What are Ferdinand and Miranda doing when they appear? How is the game going?
4. How does Gonzalo interpret all that has happened?
5. How many ways can we understand Prospero's comment on Caliban? How does Caliban respond to what has happened to him?
6. What will happen next? What happens to Ariel?

Big Picture:
1. What does it mean to forgive?
2. What do you think of Prospero as the play closes?
3. What are we to think of Prospero's epilogue? What if this is Shakespeare's final farewell?

Tempest: Act 4, Sc 1

1. Check journals & books

Discussion Questions

What has Prospero agreed to at the beginning of the scene? What warning does he give to Ferdinand and Miranda?

What instructions does Prospero have for Ariel (4.1.35-38)?

What happens in the show (masque) that Prospero presents for Ferdinand and Miranda (4.1.60-139)? What is the subject of the show? Why is it appropriate?

Why does Prospero cut short the show? How do Ferdinand and Miranda respond to what happens (4.1.143-145)? How does Prospero explain the show and his actions (4.1.146-163)?

According to Ariel (4.1.171-184), what has happened to Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo since we last saw them? 

What does Prospero tell Ariel to prepare for Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo? What is Prospero's reaction to what Caliban has done (4.1.188-193)? Is his reaction justified?

What happens when Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo come to kill Prospero? How are they driven away?

How does Prospero respond to his successes (4.1.262-266)?

Tempest Act 3, Sc 3

1.  Check journals & vocab
2. Discussion questions: How does the apparition of the banquet affect Alonso and his entourage? How is the banquet used as a symbol? Why aren’t the men allowed to eat the food? Is this an effective moment for Ariel to accuse them of their sins?

Quiz time! You'll be fabulous.

Act 3, Sc 1 & 2

1. Sentence fun
2. Check vocab, books and journal

Free write
1. Thinking about 3.1, what is Shakespeare suggesting about the true nature of love?
2. Thinking about 3.2, why include this subplot that mirrors the conspiracy of the nobles?

Let's make a family tree.

Tempest: Act 2, Sc 2

1. Quiz
2.  Sentence
3. Check books, journal & vocab

Discussion
1. Is it surprising that Caliban willingly worships Stephano and desires to give him control of the island? If that’s true, then why did Caliban resent Prospero for usurping taking what he considers his own rightful claim to the island? What does this show about Caliban?

Drawing fun!