DO NOW: Write your name and your most

interesting Tempest fact on a post-

it and bring it up to the front of the
class.
Try to pick a fact that people sitting
around you don’t have as well!
Miss Pattison

‘The Tempest’ was

probably the last play
Shakespeare wrote.
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The Tempest: Introduction

Lesson Objective: Understanding the main events

and characters of The Tempest.

We will be...
- Learning about the plot of The Tempest
- Looking at some of the characters
- Considering what Aristotle would have thought
about The Tempest
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Firstly: A word about Aristotelian Unity

Hands up if you can tell me anything about the
people in this picture!

Plato Aristotle
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of place

Unity of time

Unity of action

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LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of place

A play should be set in just one

place, with no major set changes
to distract the audience.
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of time

The action should happen over a 24

hour period, with no long breaks.
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of action

The play should have one main plot

with few or no subplots, with a clear
beginning, middle and end,
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of place
Unity of time
Unity of action
Discuss on your tables: Why
do you think Aristotle
thought these unities would
make a play better?

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 LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

The Tempest – Animated Tales

https://youtu.be/kAZKIpWGN_Q

As you watch the film, see if you can fill in the

gaps of the plot summary.
 LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Comprehension Questions

1. Why does Prospero cause the shipwreck?

2. Which two people are plotted against on the

island?

3. Which is the more serious threat?

4. What makes the ending happy?

*Challenge* How much sympathy do you have for

Prospero, and why?
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Aristotelian Unity or “what makes a good play”.

Unity of place
Unity of time
Unity of action
Discuss on your tables:
Does The Tempest fit these
rules? Would Aristotle have
approved?
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LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Which character is this? Why?

Caliban
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Which character is this? Why?

Miranda
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Which character is this? Why?

Ariel
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Which character is this? Why?

Prospero
LO: Understanding the main events and characters of The Tempest.

Which character is this? Why?

Ferdinand
LO: Understand the main events and characters of
The Tempest

Have we...
- Learnt about the plot of The Tempest?
- Looked at some of the characters?
- Considered how Aristotle would have rated the overall
unity of the play?