Year 9

The Theme of Power: Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero and Ariel

Year 9

The Theme of Power: Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero and Ariel

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will start by recapping the important events of the play before reading the rest of Act 1 Scene 2 as Prospero interacts with Ariel. We will then analyse the relationship between Propsero and Ariel.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is a feature of Shakespearean comedy?
Correct answer: Ends in a marriage
Ends in the death of a main character
Features accurate historical detail
Q2.
Shakespeare's plays were performed at...
The English Theatre
Correct answer: The Globe Theatre
Wembley
Q3.
Which of the following would have stood in 'the yard'?
Animals
Correct answer: Peasants and lower classes
The nobility and upper classes
Q4.
How does The Tempest begin?
With a fight
Correct answer: With a storm
With a wedding
Q5.
Which of the following are key themes in The Tempest?
Death, Marriage, and War
Correct answer: Love, Power, and Betrayal
Weather, Politics, and Music

5 Questions

Q1.
Prospero was once...
Correct answer: a Duke
a King
a wizard
Q2.
Miranda, having seen the ship wreck, feels...
amused
angry
Correct answer: saddened
Q3.
Ariel is...
an enemy to Prospero
Prospero's son
Correct answer: Prospero's spirit servant
Q4.
Prospero behaves ... towards Ariel
Correct answer: authoritatively
disrespectfully
nicely
Q5.
Ariel speaks to Prospero with...
anger
disrespect
Correct answer: respect