Friday, April 20, 2012

Tempest Quote


Select one of the following quotes from The Tempest.
Explain the quote and connect the passage to the other events of the play:

"I’ the commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate…"

"I have bedimmed
The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds,
And twixt the green sea and azured vault
Set roaring war."

"Graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let ‘em forth
By my so potent art."

"O, brave new world
That has such people in ‘t!"

"These to the elements
Be free, and fare thou well!"

"My library / Was dukedom large enough."

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Prospero & Caliban


How would you describe Prospero's relationship with Caliban? How does it compare to his relationship with Ariel? Refer to specific lines from the text to back up your assertions. Do you sympathize with Caliban or Ariel? Why or why not? Do you think that leaders sometimes need to be tyrannical? Think of an example of back up your thoughts.