,WRITTEN
1610 – 1611
LITERARY PERIOD
THE RENAISSANCE (1500-1600)
GENRE
Romance
SETTING
Un – named island on Mediterranean Sea
CLIMAX
Ariel appears as happy before Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian. He
condemns them for stealing Prosperos kingdom
PROTAGONIST – PROSPERO
Prospero sets the events in the play in motion by conjuring the terrible
tempest that shipwrecks his enemies
ANTAGONIST – ALONSO AND ANTONIO
Prospero, the play's protagonist, faces difficulties from a sizable cast
of villains in The Tempest. The two opponents who conspired to kill
Prospero when he was the Duke of Milan and who are to blame for
his exile on the island, Alonso and Antonio, are the most significant
ones.
MORAL LESSON
Aspects and characteristics shown by Prospero is that it is far no law
to forgive than take vengeance
The happiness of life is to be attained by forgiveness rather than
cruelty
Freedom is also at the core of the issues raised by The Tempest
THE TEMPEST
Puts all of Prosperos enemies at disposal
THIS SYMBOLISES: the suffering Prospero endured, and which he
wants to inflict on others
,
1610 – 1611
LITERARY PERIOD
THE RENAISSANCE (1500-1600)
GENRE
Romance
SETTING
Un – named island on Mediterranean Sea
CLIMAX
Ariel appears as happy before Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian. He
condemns them for stealing Prosperos kingdom
PROTAGONIST – PROSPERO
Prospero sets the events in the play in motion by conjuring the terrible
tempest that shipwrecks his enemies
ANTAGONIST – ALONSO AND ANTONIO
Prospero, the play's protagonist, faces difficulties from a sizable cast
of villains in The Tempest. The two opponents who conspired to kill
Prospero when he was the Duke of Milan and who are to blame for
his exile on the island, Alonso and Antonio, are the most significant
ones.
MORAL LESSON
Aspects and characteristics shown by Prospero is that it is far no law
to forgive than take vengeance
The happiness of life is to be attained by forgiveness rather than
cruelty
Freedom is also at the core of the issues raised by The Tempest
THE TEMPEST
Puts all of Prosperos enemies at disposal
THIS SYMBOLISES: the suffering Prospero endured, and which he
wants to inflict on others
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