Connecting themes The Lord of the Flies The defects of society back to the defects of human nature. Human nature is inherently savage/evil.

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Connecting themesThe Lord of the FliesThe
defects of society back to the defects of human
nature.Human nature is inherently savage/evil.
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Connecting themes - The TempestHuman nature is
savage/evil. The savage side of man is
represented by the bodyandHuman nature is
also good. The good side of man is represented
by the soul
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Thematic Discussion
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What is a Tempest?A violent storm
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Why a Tempest?The tempest represents the
violent side of nature.The tempest has the
power to destroy.
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• Prospero uses his art or magic to create the
  tempest.
• The tempest represents Prosperos power.
• The tempest is a destructive power.
• However, Prospero controls the tempest so that
  there is no destruction.
• Since the tempest did not cause destruction, what
  does this say about Prosperos use of his power?

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                                        Yin and
Yang is an attempt to explain and understand why
nature operated in such opposing way. The idea of
Yin and Yang is represented as a circle of two
curved and equal parts. The Yang section is the
warm, positive, masculine, and sunny side, often
colored red. The Yin side is black and is
described as feminine, mysterious, dark, and
negative.
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The ancient Chinese philosophers believed that
all things in the universe contained elements of
both Yin and Yang. Within each element of Yin and
Yang was the seed of the other, and when Yin and
Yang worked in harmony together all was good in
the world. However, when one was stronger than
the other, the balance of the harmony and power
changed and life was unpredictable.
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The Tempest as a Romance
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• Shakespearian romance frequently includes
• the separation and disruption of families
  followed by their eventual reunion and
  reconciliation
• scenes of apparent resurrection
• the love of a virtuous young hero and heroin
• the recovery of lost, royal children.
• Stanley Wells, Shakespeare and Romance, in
  Later Shakespeare Stratford-upon-Avon Studies 8
  (London, 1966), pp. 49-80, p. 50  

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• Character Introduction
• Images
• Selections from the text

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The Tempest - Main Characters

• Prospero
• Caliban
• Miranda
• Ariel

• Alonso
• Antonio
• Ferdinand
• Gonzalo

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Prospero

• The main character of this play, Prospero used to
  be the legitimate Duke of Milan. Unfortunately
  his treacherous brother Antonio stole his title
  and banished Prospero to a Mediterranean island
  with his daughter Miranda. A great lover of the
  arts and in particular books, Prospero has
  harnessed the powers of magic whilst in exile.

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ACT IV. SCENE I. PROSPERO'S CELL. PROSPERO,
FERDINAND, MIRANDA A MASK EXHIBITING, IRIS,
CERES, JUNO, NYMPHS CALIBAN, TRINCULO, AND
STEPHANO, AT A DISTANCE.
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Prospero. YOU do look, my son, in a mov'd sortAs
if you were dismay'd be cheerful, sirOur
revels now are ended these our actors,As I
foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin airAnd, like the
baseless fabric of this vision,The cloud-capp'd
towers, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples,
the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,And,
like this insubstantial pageant faded,Leave not
a rack behind We are such stuffAs dreams are
made of, and our little lifeIs rounded with a
sleep.
Painted by Joseph Wright of Derby. Engraved by
Robert Thew.
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Miranda

• Prospero's daughter. Attractive and young at the
  tender age of fifteen years, Miranda has lived
  with her father in exile for twelve years. Aside
  from her father, she has seen few men in her
  life, and quickly enchants the shipwrecked
  Ferdinand.
• Miranda shows all that is good about nature.

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Miranda
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Ferdinand

• The much-loved son of the King of Naples.
  Shipwrecked, but alive, Ferdinand falls instantly
  in love with Miranda, when he first sees her on
  Prospero's island.

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ACT V. SCENE I. PROSPERO'S CELL. THE ENTRANCE OF
THE CELL OPENS, AND DISCOVERS FERDINAND AND
MIRANDA PLAYING AT CHESS.
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Miranda. SWEET lord, you play me false.Fer. No,
my dearest love,I would not for the world.Mira.
Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle,
And I would call it fair play.
Painted by Francis Wheatley, R. A. Engraved by
Caroline Watson.
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Ariel

• An airy spirit, Ariel serves his master
  Prospero well in his many tasks of magic on
  Prospero's island. Once enslaved by a witch,
  Ariel wants his freedom now from Prospero. At the
  conclusion of this play Ariel is made free.

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Brian G. Kurlander as Ariel, Utah Shakespearean
Festival, 1995 (Dixie College, Photo Gallery)
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ACT I. SCENE I. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND BEFORE THE
CELL OF PROSPERO. PROSPERO AND MIRANDA. ENTER
ARIEL
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Ariel. NOT a soulBut felt a fever of the mad,
and play'd Some tricks of desperation All, but
mariners, Plung'd in the foaming brine, and quit
the vessel,
Then all a-fire, with me the king's son,
Ferdinand, With hair up-staring (then like reeds,
not hair,) Was the first man that leap'd cried,
" Hell is empty, And all the devils are here."
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by Benjamin
Smith.
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Caliban

• A giant misformed beast, Shakespeare describes
  Caliban as "a savage and deformed slave." Hating
  his master Prospero, Caliban works for him out of
  fear of Prospero's magic.
• Caliban represents the savage state of nature
  the physical.

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Protest against and defiance of the coloniser
Caliban (summoned by Prospero) I must eat my
dinner. This islands mine by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou takst from me . . . For I am all
the subjects that you have, Which first was mine
own king, and her you sty me In this hard rock,
whiles you do keep from me The rest othisland.
Act 1 Scene 2 Lines 330-2 340-4  
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Learning to Curse Language and post-colonialism
Caliban You taught me language, and my profit
ont Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid
you For learning me your language! Act 1 Scene
2 Lines 362-4  
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This island is mine
Caliban Be not afeard, the isle is full of
noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight
and hurt not, Sometimes a thousand twangling
instruments Will hum about mine ears and
sometimes voices, That if I then had waked after
long sleep, Will make me sleep again, and then
in dreaming The clouds methought would open and
show riches Ready to drop upon me, that when I
waked I cried to dream again. Act 3 Scene
133-41  
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Antonio

• The brother of Prospero, he took Prospero's
  title from him when Prospero trusted him to
  manage his affairs. Having replaced his brother,
  he now encourages Sebastian to do the same to his
  brother, Alonso.

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James Rice as Antonio in Shakespeare Company's
production of "The Tempest".
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Alonso

• The King of Naples. When Prospero's brother
  Antonio, usurped (took) Prospero's dukedom, it
  was Alonso who recognized Prospero's brother,
  sealing Prospero's fate of living in exile.

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Gonzalo
An honest old counsellor. When Prospero was to
have starved to death when exiled by boat, it was
Gonzalo who provided food, clothing and books to
comfort Prospero and the then three year old
Miranda.
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Venn Diagrams Characters and Themes
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Ralph and Prospero
Balance of good and evil
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Jack and Antonio
Bad Side of Human Nature Evil and Unrepentant
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Simon and Gonzalo
Human goodness
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Caliban and The Beast
Human Nature