1. By: William Shakespeare
The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare

2. Characters
King of Naples; Ferdinand’s father
Alonso
Son of Sycorax; Deformed slave
Caliban
Rightful Duke of Milan; Magician
Prospero
Prince of Naples; Lover of Miranda
Ferdinand

3. Characters
Brother of Alonso; Plots to kill him
Sebastian
Daughter of Prospero
Miranda
Court jester
Trinculo
Prospero’s servant
Ariel

4. Characters
Drunken butler
Stephano
Prospero’s brother; Stole his dukedom
Antonio
Loyal; honest counsellor
Gonzalo

5. Vocabulary
Infant- younger than 5 years old
Usurp- overthrow
Foil- a character that presents “opposite” qualities
Cell- cave
Masque- a form of amateur dramatic entertainment that consisted of acting and singing

6. Vocabulary
Treachery-betrayal of trust
Courtier- a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen
Exile- expel and bar someone from their native country
Dynamic character- character that changes throughout the literary work
Presently- currently

7. Vocabulary
Harpy- a monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws
Setting- the events happened within a 24 hour time period.

8. Plot- Act I Scene I
A storm endangers a ship containing Alonso (King of Naples) Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo.
The passengers are extremely fearful.
The boatswain attempts to save the ship while the others try to flee.

9. Plot- Act I Scene II
After watching the shipwreck, Prospero assures Miranda that no one was hurt. Prospero created the storm
Prospero finally tells Miranda that he was once the Duke of Milan
Antonio worked with the King of Naples to seize Prospero’s dukedom and kill him.
Gonzalo helped him escape death by giving him food, clothing, and books from Prospero’s library.

10. Plot- Act I Scene II continued
Ariel was sent by Prospero to make sure everyone makes it safely to shore and to disperse them.
Ariel reminds Prospero that he agreed to take a year off of his servitude if he does everything he is asked without complaining.
Prospero reminds Ariel, a former servant of Sycorax, of how he rescued him from the tree Sycorax imprisoned him in.
Prospero calls to their servant, Caliban and promises to give him cramps at night to punish him for cursing.

11. Plot- Act I Scene II Continued
Caliban reminds them that he knows how to curse because Prospero and Miranda taught him to speak.
Caliban reminds Prospero that the island once belonged to him.
When Miranda meets Ferdinand, they instantly fall in love.
Prospero decides that the two must not fall in love too quickly and makes Ferdinand his servant.

12. Plot- Act II Scene I
Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo are searching for Ferdinand
Alonso feels that he is to blame for Ferdinand’s death.
Everyone falls asleep except for Antonio and Sebastian.
Antonio persuades Sebastian to kill his brother by explaining that he would inherit the throne.
The others wake up to see Antonio and Sebastian with their swords drawn.

13. Plot- Act II Scene II
Caliban meets Trinculo and thinks he is one of the spirits that torment him.
After seeing Caliban’s demented figure, Trinculo believes that Caliban would make him a lot of money if he brought him to England to be in a freak show.
Stephano enters drunk and assumes that he sees a monster.
The monster turns out to be Trinculo and Caliban under Caliban’s cloak.

14. Plot- Act III Scene I
Miranda tells Ferdinand to take a break from carrying wood and talk to her.
Miranda remembers that her father instructed her not to speak to Ferdinand.
Miranda is unconcerned with Ferdinand’s title and asks him if he loves her.
She asks him to marry her; He agrees

15. Plot- Act III Scene II
As Caliban tells Trinculo and Stephano about the terrible master that he serves, Ariel stirs up trouble by saying that Caliban is lying.
Ariel’s continued taunting creates a fight between Stephano and Trinculo.
The three men plot to steal Prospero’s magic books, kill him, and take Miranda.

16. Plot- Act III Scene III
Spirits bring Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, and the others a banquet of foodAs they are about to eat, Ariel shows up as a harpy and makes the banquet disappear.
He accuses them of driving Prospero from Milan and leaving him and Miranda at the mercy of the sea.
Alonso believes that his son is dead because of what happened to Prospero. He wants to drown himself, but Gonzalo stops him.

17. Plot- Act IV Scene I
Prospero gives Miranda and Ferdinand his blessing.
Iris, Juno, and Ceres perform a masque for Miranda and Ferdinand’s engagement.
Prospero remembers Caliban’s plot and sends the spirits away.
Prospero and Ariel distract them with fine apparel hanging in Prospero’s cell and spirits in the shape of hounds drive them away.

18. Plot- Act V Scene I and Epilogue
Alonso and his followers are brought to Prospero
Prospero praises Gonzalo and scolded the others for their actions toward him.
Alonso apologizes. Prospero insists that the reconciliation is complete.
Prospero commands Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo to clean his cell.
He forgives Antonio, but commands him to give up his dukedom.

19. Plot- Act V Scene I and Epilogue
Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to Alonso and explains that the couple are engaged.
Everyone will go to Naples for the marriage of Miranda and Ferdinand.
Prospero will retire to Milan.
He frees Ariel after requesting a calm journey home
He then insists that the audience free him by clapping.

20. Quote
“There be some sports are painful, and their labour/ Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness/ Are nobly undergone; and most poor matters / Point to rich ends. This my mean task/ Would be as heavy to me as odious, but/ The mistress which I serve quickens what’s dead /And makes my labours pleasures.”
Who is speaking?
Ferdinand

21. Quote
“…that you three / From Milan did supplant good Prospero: / Exposed unto the sea, which hath requit it, / Him and his innocent child:”
Who is speaking?
Ariel

22. Quote
“…it was a torment / To lay upon the damned, which Sycorax / Could not again undo; it was mine Art, / When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape / The pine, and let thee out.”
About whom?
Who is speaking?
Ariel
Prospero

23. Quote
“…I pitied thee, / Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour / One thing or other… / But thy vile race, / Though thou didst learn, had that in’t which good natures/ Could not abide to be with.”
About whom?
Who is speaking?
Caliban
Miranda

24. Quote
“They say there’s but five upon this isle: we are three of them; if th’/ other two be brained like us, the state totters.”
Who is speaking?
Trinculo

25. Quote
“My master through his Art foresees the danger / That you, his friend, are in; and sends me forth - / For else his project dies…”
About whom?
Gonzalo

26. “He’s gentle, and not fearful” About whom?
Quote
“He’s gentle, and not fearful”
About whom?
Ferdinand

27. Quote
“O, wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here!/ How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, / That has such people in it!”
Who is speaking?
Miranda

28. Quote
“Those are pearls that were his eyes; / Nothing of him that doth fade, / But doth suffer a sea change / Into something rich and strange…”
Who is speaking?
Ariel

29. Quote
“Be not afeared. The isle is full of noises, / Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.”
Who is speaking?
Caliban