Connecting themes The Lord of the Flies The

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

Connecting themes - The Tempest Human nature is savage/evil. The savage side of man is represented by the body and Human nature is also good. The good side of man is represented by the soul

Thematic Discussion

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.

• Prospero uses his art or magic to create the tempest. – The tempest represents Prospero’s 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 Prospero’s use of his power?

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.

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.

The Tempest as a Romance

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

Character Introduction • Images • Selections from the text

The Tempest - Main Characters • • Prospero Caliban Miranda Ariel • • Alonso Antonio Ferdinand Gonzalo

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. http: //absoluteshakespeare. com/pictures/tempest. htm

Prospero. YOU do look, my son, in a mov'd sort As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir: Our revels now are ended: these our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Painted by Joseph Wright of Derby. Engraved by Robert Thew. Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.

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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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.

ACT V. SCENE I. PROSPERO'S CELL. THE ENTRANCE OF THE CELL OPENS, AND DISCOVERS FERDINAND MIRANDA PLAYING AT CHESS. http: //absoluteshakespeare. com/pictures/tempest. htm

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.

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.

Brian G. Kurlander as Ariel, Utah Shakespearean Festival, 1995 (Dixie College, Photo Gallery)

ACT I. SCENE I. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND: BEFORE THE CELL OF PROSPERO AND MIRANDA. ENTER ARIEL http: //absoluteshakespeare. com/pictures/tempest. htm

Ariel. NOT a soul But 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.

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.

Protest against and defiance of the coloniser Caliban (summoned by Prospero) I must eat my dinner. This island’s mine by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak’st 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 o’th’island. Act 1 Scene 2 Lines 330 -2 &340 -4

Learning to Curse: Language and postcolonialism Caliban You taught me language, and my profit on’t Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you For learning me your language! Act 1 Scene 2 Lines 362 -4

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

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.

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

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 then three year old Miranda.

Venn Diagrams – Characters and Themes

Ralph and Prospero Balance of good and evil

Jack and Antonio Bad Side of Human Nature: Evil and Unrepentant

Simon and Gonzalo Human goodness

Caliban and “The Beast” Human Nature