Year 9
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will evaluate and cast judgment on whether Prospero is a benevolent or malevolent character in the play, by exploring some of his key moments.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What has Prospero given up at the end of the play?
Caliban
his daughter
Q2.
Who does Prospero direct his epilogue at?
King Alonso
Miranda
Q3.
What does Shakespeare aim to do with his comedy plays, according to this final passage in the play?
communicate key themes
scare the audience
Q4.
How has Prospero behaved towards those that have wronged him?
angrily as he is now leaving them on the island
fearfully as he has given up his magic
Q5.
How is the play resolved as a comedy?
Caliban is killed
Prospero gets his revenge
5 Questions
Q1.
Evaluation is...
to place ideas together, creating a contrast
working out good and bad
Q2.
Principles are...
a judgment
what is good or bad about someone
Q3.
Morals are...
the foundations of someone's values
when we judge something
Q4.
Shakespeare's final idea communicated to the audience is...
Prospero is evil
that these were true events
Q5.
We know The Tempest is a comedy because...
the good characters are happy at the end
they all good home at the end