The Tempest Summarized
Autor: Jannisthomas • October 1, 2018 • 715 Words (3 Pages) • 542 Views
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Prospero’s plan is working
Prospero interrupts Ferdinand and Miranda’s moment
**Miranda refers Caliban as a man
Miranda says Ferdinand can’t be bad because he is handsome
Ferdinand draws his sword on Prospero so Prospero puts a spell on him to make him sleep
Miranda pleads for Ferdinand telling Prospero to stop
Gonzalo, Antonio and Stephano making fun of the king
Alonso mournes because he thought he lost his son in the shipwreck
Gonzalo says “if I were king no sovereignty
*Treason to the king
*King is lacking power in the play
Ariel puts Gonzalo and The king to sleep while Stephano and Antonio stays awake and guard
Ariel Whispers to Stephano and Antonio ears telling Stephano to kill the king and Antonio to kill his friend
Both draws their sword and were about to do it but Gonzalo wakes and ask them what they were doing
*Stephano and Antonio panic and tells lies of lions and refers themselves and monsters
Caliban thinks Trinculo as a spirit so he hides
Stephano comes in drunk
Caliban is found and offers Trinculo and Stephano anything on the island
Ferdinand is a slave doing Caliban job
Miranda takes over and starts carrying logs
*This tells you that Miranda wasn’t raised correctly
**Miranda contradicts herself by saying she cannot call Caliban a man
Miranda ask Ferdinand do you love me
Then Miranda ask my husband then?
Ferdinand agrees to both
Caliban divides the power of Trinculo and Stephano saying one of them is stronger than the other, thus making the 2 turn against each other
Caliban then begins to be very descriptive on how to kill Prospero saying he is the same as me if you take away his books
Who is Caliban? What evidence do you have?
Caliban is one of the main antagonists in The Tempest
He is the human of the witch Sycorax
Caliban is a slave (1.2.344)
Caliban acknowledges Prospero’s power (2.2.187)
Miranda and Prospero taught him language
Stephano and Trinculo refers Caliban has Monester (2.2.187)
Caliban knows the island very well (1.1.337-8)
Caliban is born on the island (1.2.282)
Caliban hates Prospero and hates Ariel for torturing him
Caliban’s duty is to chop wood the whole day to provide firewood for Prospero and Miranda
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