Please answer the following questions about Act I of "The Tempest." Your answers must be in complete sentences! (If you missed class today, you can read the first Act here: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/tempest/page_2.html; you can read a summary of Act 1 here: http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/section2.rhtml; or you can try searching for "The Tempest"Act 1, scene 1" on youtube and watch a presentation.)
THE TEMPEST
READING QUESTIONSACT ONE
1. Act One, Scene i shows the "tempest" of the play's title. How do the different characters react to crisis?
2. Who is Miranda? What is her reaction to the scene she has just witnessed?
3. Who is Prospero? How does he know that everyone has survived the storm?
4. How did Prospero and Miranda come to be on the island?
5. Who is Ariel? Why should he be grateful to Prospero, and just do what he's told?
6. Who was Sycorax? How does Prospero feel about her? Are there any parallels between Sycorax's story and Prospero's?
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