LAS-375 Discussion Questions for âThe Tempestâ readings:
LAS-375 Discussion Questions for âThe Tempestâ readings:
LAS-375 Discussion Questions for âThe Tempestâ readings:
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<strong>LAS</strong>-<strong>375</strong><br />
<strong>Discussion</strong> <strong>Questions</strong> <strong>for</strong> “The Tempest” <strong>readings</strong>:<br />
Preparation <strong>for</strong> Tuesday, June 23, 2009<br />
Read Act II<br />
1) How are the travelers “split up” once they reach the island? Who is in each of the<br />
four groups?<br />
2) What do you think of Caliban’s speech in Act 2, Scene 2 lines 1 through 14? In<br />
what way does it represent the cry of oppressed people in every time and place?<br />
3) Trinculo’s quote in Act 2, Scene 2 lines 36 and 37 is a famous Shakespearean<br />
saying. What is the immediate context of “Misery acquaints a man with strange<br />
bedfellows?”<br />
4) How does Prospero stay “in control” of things?
<strong>LAS</strong>-<strong>375</strong><br />
<strong>LAS</strong>-<strong>375</strong><br />
<strong>Discussion</strong> <strong>Questions</strong> <strong>for</strong> “The Tempest” <strong>readings</strong>:<br />
<strong>Discussion</strong> <strong>Questions</strong> <strong>for</strong> “The Tempest” <strong>readings</strong>:<br />
Read Act III<br />
5) Rewrite Ferdinand’s speech in Act 3, scene 1, lines 1-15 (p.79) in your own<br />
words.<br />
6) What does Caliban see as Prospero’s weakness in Act 3, scene 2 lines 85-88? Is<br />
he correct?<br />
7) How does the situation in Act 3, scene 3 confirm the Apostle Paul’s words in<br />
I Timothy 6:24 “The sins of some men are obvious, the sins of others trail behind<br />
them.”
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