Date: Title: Prospero’s Character

Complete the following tasks to recap what you know about Act V, Scene I.

1. Add an appositive to the following sentences:

a) Prospero, _________ , uses magic to reunite the shipwrecked characters.
b) Alonso, _________, gives Prospero back his Dukedom.
c) Antonio , _______ , is forgiven by Prospero in this scene.

2. Complete the following sentences using the conjunctions because, but and
so.
d) Prospero chooses to forgive his brother Antonio because
e) Prospero chooses to forgive his brother Antonio , but
f) Prospero chooses to forgive his brother Antonio, so

CHL: Write your own summary of Act V, Scene I using an appositive and the
conjunctions because, but and so in your answer.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s character throughout the play
 What are they thinking?
Using this part of the play, write a thought bubble for what you think that each
character might be thinking at this point in the play.

CHL: What do you think that Shakespeare is revealing about each character
at this point in the play?

Prospero Alonso Antonio &

Sebastian

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s character throughout the play
ALONSO If thou be'st Prospero,
Give us particulars of thy preservation;
How thou hast met us here, who three hours since
Were wreck'd upon this shore; where I have lost-- Alonso wants to know how
How sharp the point of this remembrance is!-- Prospero has survived on the
My dear son Ferdinand. island and talks about his worry
PROSPERO I am woe for't, sir. for his son Ferdinand with
ALONSO Irreparable is the loss, and patience Prospero, not knowing that he has
Says it is past her cure.
PROSPERO I rather think
survived.
You have not sought her help, of whose soft grace 1. What does the adjective
For the like loss I have her sovereign aid
‘irreparable’ suggest about
And rest myself content.
ALONSO You the like loss! Alonso’s feelings towards his
PROSPER O As great to me as late; and, supportable son’s (he thinks) death?
To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker
Than you may call to comfort you, for I 2. How does the exclamatory
Have lost my daughter. sentence suggest that Alonso
ALONSO A daughter? feels? Explain your ideas.
O heavens, that they were living both in Naples,
The king and queen there! that they were, I wish
3. Why do you think that Alonso
Myself were mudded in that oozy bed
Where my son lies. When did you lose your daughter? wishes they ‘were living both
in Naples,/ The king and queen
there’?
CHL: How does Shakespeare use dramatic irony here?
PROSPERO In this last tempest. …
know for certain
That I am Prospero and that very duke
Which was thrust forth of Milan, who most strangely Prospero says he lost his daughter ‘in
Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was landed, this last tempest’ and invites Alonso to
To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; his ‘cell’.
For 'tis a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast nor
Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir;
This cell's my court: here have I few attendants 1. What does Prospero reveal to
And subjects none abroad: pray you, look in. Alonso?
My dukedom since you have given me again,
I will requite you with as good a thing; 2. How does Miranda’s use of
At least bring forth a wonder, to content ye language suggest she loves
As much as me my dukedom. Ferdinand?
Here PROSPERO discovers FERDINAND and MIRANDA
3. Why do you think that Alonso
playing at chess
says that he would ‘twice lose’
MIRANDA Sweet lord, you play me false. if the scene was a ‘vision of
FERDINAND No, my dear'st love, the island’?
I would not for the world.
MIRANDA Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle,
And I would call it, fair play. CHL: How does this link to
ALONSO If this prove Alonso’s earlier wish for his son
A vision of the Island, one dear son and Prospero’s daughter?
Shall I twice lose.
PROSPERO There, sir, stop:
Let us not burthen our remembrance with
A heaviness that's gone.
Alonso is introduced to Miranda, and
GONZALO I have inly wept, then he says he must make reparations
Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you god, for what has happened in the past.
And on this couple drop a blessed crown!
For it is you that have chalk'd forth the way
Which brought us hither. 1. What does Gonzalo want to happen
to Miranda and Ferdinand?
ALONSO I say, Amen, Gonzalo!
2. How does the verb ‘rejoice’ show
GONZALO Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue that Gonzalo is pleased to see this
Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice outcome?
Beyond a common joy, and set it down
With gold on lasting pillars: In one voyage
Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis,
And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife
Where he himself was lost, Prospero his dukedom
In a poor isle and all of us ourselves
When no man was his own.

ALONSO [To FERDINAND and MIRANDA] Give me your hands:

Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart
That doth not wish you joy!

GONZALO Be it so! Amen!

[Aside to ARIEL]
My Ariel, chick,
That is thy charge: then to the elements The men from the ship are awoken and
Be free, and fare thou well! Please you, draw near. return telling the King that the ship is safe.
Exeunt
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban appear in
EPILOGUE - SPOKEN BY PROSPERO
the stolen robes and are forced to return
Now my charms are all o'erthrown, them. Prospero promises to tell Alonso the
And what strength I have's mine own, full details of his life, sets Ariel free, then
Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, completes his final magical act.
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not, 1. How does Prospero final reward Ariel’s
Since I have my dukedom got hard work?
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell; 2. How does the fact that he has ‘pardon’d’
But release me from my bands the others show that he is presented as
With the help of your good hands:
a good man?
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want 3. Why do you think that Prospero’s final
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant, line is ‘let your indulgence set me free’?
And my ending is despair, What do you think he might be referring
Unless I be relieved by prayer, to?
Which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself and frees all faults.
CHL: Can you create a contrast between Prospero
As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
here and at the beginning of the play?
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

Prospero only cares about what is best for

himself.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

Prospero is a cruel leader.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

Prospero is presented differently with

different characters.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

Prospero is presented as a manipulative

character.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 For each of the following statements, suggest what you believe by showing a
score out of five.

What do you think about Prospero’s character?

• Use the conjunctions because, but and so in your response.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strongly Somewhat Neither Somewhat Strongly
Disagree Disagree agree or Agree Agree
disagree

Prospero is presented as a good man.

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s power over the other characters
 Think about how Prospero has behaved throughout the play as a whole.
What might people think about his character?

Q: A student said, ‘Prospero is just like a puppet master in the play because he has control
over all of the other characters.’ To what extent do you agree?
Plan a SPO to answer the question. Use the example to help you.
Writing Frame:

(GST opening):
(+General) Ultimately, Shakespeare presents Prospero as being like a puppet master in the play when he
shows that Prospero has power over all of the other characters. (+Specific) He shows this when
Prospero manipulates each character on the island to suit the lessons that Prospero believes that they
need to learn on the island. (+ Thesis) Overall, Shakespeare may wish to present Prospero in this way to
show his unquestionable power and control, and to suggest that his ‘art’ is far more powerful than
status alone.

(Single Paragraph Outline):

+ Topic Sentence
+ Supporting detail 1
+ Supporting detail 2
+ Supporting detail 3
+ Concluding sentence

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1.What knowledge have you learned or developed in this
lesson?​
2.What skills have you used in today’s lesson?​
3.How has previous learning helped you today?

LO: explore how Shakespeare presents Prospero’s character throughout the play