The Tempest

Hi all,

Please watch the following films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZ091CEgNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xYzRsQBn_M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWa_uhtj0Fk&feature=related


How is Prospero described?
What is his relationship with Ariel? and Caliban? Is it the same? What expressions does Prospero use to refer to each of them?
Where does the action take place?
What happens when the ship arrives to the enchanted island?
Who helps Prospero with his magic?
How is Caliban described when he´s first seen by Trinculo? What words does Trinculo use?
How does the story end?

Themes:
Discuss the opposition between
a. imprisonment and freedom
b. reconciliation and forgiveness
c. illusion and magic

Also,
d. transformation, change
e. appearance versus reality
f. order and disorder
g. colonialism

See you soon,
Claudia