The tempest

Abbotto M., Gerussi L., Guidara G., Paci F., Spedicato M.

The Tempest

Quiz

Sources

Themes

Index

Plot

Style

Genre

Setting

Characters

Plot

Plot

The fact that no one dies in the play, discord is repaired, misunderstandings are resolved, and lovers and united in marriage all contribute to the play’s classification as a comedy.

There are two attempted assassinations: Alonso and Antonio VS Prospero, and Antonio and Sebastian VS Alonso. (But no one dies.)

(Several of the characters mistakenly believe their shipmates are dead.) none of the characters actually die in the storm, and everyone is happily reunited at the play’s end.

Also as in other comedies, the plot revolves around a series of misunderstandings that are resolved over the course of the play.

The play resolves happily, with the promise of a wedding between Miranda and Ferdinand.

in First Foilio:Tempest in “comedy.” section

Comedy

Genre

= genre scholars began assigning to a group of plays Shakespeare wrote at the end of his career.

All of Shakespeare’s romances also feature marriage as an element of their plots, but not the driving force of the action.

These four plays also all contain elements of magic and the supernatural (es.Prospero use magic to manipulate and dazzle the other characters).

Along with Shakespeare’s other late plays The Tempest contains elements of both tragedy ( structure) and comedy (ending)

These plays don’t neatly fit the conventions of comedy or tragedy genre.

Romance

Genre

Period of tree hours

The imaginary island is the ideal location for a series of magic occurrences → perfect setting for a multi-sensory experience

The island may be located somewhere in the Mediterranean since the King of Naples and his court were travelling between Naples and Tunis when the storm hit them.

The settings for the play are a ship at sea and an island.

Setting

the complexity of Prospero’s language serves to emphasize - the greatness of his learning, - the solemnity of his poetry conveys the seriousness of his character.

the difficulty of this sentence also derives from Prospero’s use of poetic elision

Prospero in particular tends to speak in long, compound sentences

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Dense, poetic language whose complexity and solemnity reflects the noble status of the majority of its characters.

Style

Characters

The allegory of ruiling a colony

Distinguishing of mans against monsters

Obedience and disobedience

Justice

Themes

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Quiz

-https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/ -https://www.studenti.it/la-tempesta-di-william-shakespeare-temi-personaggi-e-analisi.html -https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest -https://www.skuola.net/libri/recensione-tempesta-shakespeare.html -https://site.unibo.it/canadausa/it/articoli/della-stessa-materia-dell-oppressione-the-tempest-e-il-colonialismo -Pinterest and Google (photos)

Sources

Caliban, who had been his own king before Prospero's slave, is the only representative of colonized

Every characters is represenative of colonial impulse

The island is the place of freedom and ambition but also of unrealized potential

On the island almost everyone discovers his infinite possibility

Prospero

Prospero, one of Shakespeare's enigmatic protagonists, is a sympathetic character who pursues knowledge. Despite his power and overwrought speeches, Prospero's pursuit of knowledge gets him into trouble. His punishments for Caliban and Ferdinand are vindictive and offensive. Despite his shortcomings, Prospero is central to The Tempest's narrative, generating the plot and achieving the play's happy ending.

Sebastian

Alonso’s brother. Like Antonio, he is both aggressive and cowardly. He is easily persuaded to kill his brother in Act II, scene i, and he initiates the ridiculous story about lions when Gonzalo catches him with his sword drawn.

Gonzalo

An old, honest lord, Gonzalo helped Prospero and Miranda to escape after Antonio usurped Prospero’s title. Gonzalo’s speeches provide an important commentary on the events of the play, as he remarks on the beauty of the island when the stranded party first lands, then on the desperation of Alonso after the magic banquet, and on the miracle of the reconciliation in Act V, scene i.

Miranda

Miranda, a young heroine, is portrayed as a meek and emotional character who suffers from shipwrecks and hearing Prospero's tale of their escape from Milan. She does not choose her own husband. In Act I, scene ii, Miranda and Prospero converse with Caliban, who tried to rape her. Miranda responds with vehemence, appalled at Caliban's light attitude and scolds him for being ungrateful for her attempts to educate him. In Act III, scene ii, Miranda's marriage proposal to Ferdinand is surprising, as she speaks up for herself about her sexuality, despite her father's precepts forbidding conversation with Ferdinand.

Caliban

Caliban, a dark, earthy slave, is a complex figure who mirrors and parodies several other characters in the play. Caliban, the son of a witch-hag and the only real native of the island, mirrors the lust for power that led Antonio to overthrow Prospero. Caliban's dignity is achieved by refusing to bow before Prospero's intimidation. Despite his savage demeanor, Caliban's nobler, more sensitive side is revealed, symbolizing the native cultures occupied and suppressed by European colonial societies.

Stephano and Trinculo

Stephano, a drunken butler, and Trinculo, a jester, are two minor members of the shipwrecked party. They provide a comic foil to the other, more powerful pairs of Prospero and Alonso and Antonio and Sebastian. Their drunken boasting and petty greed reflect and deflate the quarrels and power struggles of Prospero and the other noblemen.

Island's hierarchy is less stable than it appears

Everyone disobeys

demands obedience from everyone

Prospero

island's hierarchy

Alonso

King of Naples and father of Ferdinand. Alonso aided Antonio in unseating Prospero as Duke of Milan twelve years before. As he appears in the play, however, he is acutely aware of the consequences of all his actions. He blames his decision to marry his daughter to the Prince of Tunis on the apparent death of his son. In addition, after the magical banquet, he regrets his role in the usurping of Prospero.

the point of view depends on the audience

Prospero believes he's a brutal exixtence

Miranda believes he's a monter because of his education, his inhuman part drives out the human part

Caliban

Ferdinand

Son and heir of Alonso. Ferdinand seems in some ways to be as pure and naïve as Miranda. He falls in love with her upon first sight and happily submits to servitude in order to win her father’s approval.

Ariel

Ariel, a spirit, works in Prospero's service for years, freeing him from a cloven pine tree. In return, Ariel promises to serve Prospero faithfully for a year, after which Prospero will give Ariel his freedom. Ariel's immense power and command over lesser spirits make Prospero reliant on her for his revenge plot.

Antonio

Prospero’s brother. Antonio quickly demonstrates that he is power-hungry and foolish. In Act II, scene i, he persuades Sebastian to kill the sleeping Alonso. He then goes along with Sebastian’s absurd story about fending off lions when Gonzalo wakes up and catches Antonio and Sebastian with their swords drawn.

Justice

he create a happy handing so his view has to be celebrated

the idea of justice in the play is the idea of the author

he does what is good for him

his view of justice controls the fate of every character

victim of injustice

Prospero