~ Plots to kill Prospero

~ Is a drunkard and friends with Trinculo

~ Tricks/drugs Caliban

~ Is a drunkard and friends with Stephano

~ After meeting Prospero he reinstates him as Duke of Milan

~ Falls in love with Miranda

~ Is taken captive by Ariel

~ Plots to kill Alonso

~ Overthrew brother

~ Became duke

~ Reads a lot and uses magic

~ Helped Ariel escape

~ Former Duke of Milan

~ Falls in love with Ferdinand

~ Represents purity

~ Mother of Caliban

~ Ends up thinking Stephano is a god and serves him

~ Wants revenge against Prospero

~ Forced to serve Prospero and wants liberty

~ No one can see him except Prospero

~ Lives to serve Prospero but also wants liberty

Group 2 Green = Gonzalo, Sebastian, Alonso, and Antonio

Group 3 Blue = Ferdinand

~ The Caliban exclaimed, “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!” (Shakespeare 1.2.368-370). Caliban is expressing resentment towards Prospero for teaching him his language as he only knows how to curse. Likewise, he is implying harm upon Prospero as the knowledge given to him did not elevate his status, and the Caliban is still under Prospero’s control.

~ For example, When Prospero was explaining his story of how they appeared on the ship, Miranda exclaimed, “Alack, for pity! / I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it over again. It is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to ‘t” (Shakespeare 1.2.155-158). When Prospero was talking to Miranda about how they got on the ship in the first place, he mentioned all of the difficulties he had to endure as Antonio started to become the King of Naples behind his back. Miranda did not know what her father had to endure until this story and she felt bad for him that he had to go through that, especially since Antonio was his brother.

~ For instance, Sebastian yells at the Boatswain saying what “a pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, / incharitable dog!” (Shakespeare 1.1.40). Sebastian expressing his prideful and arrogant manner upon one of the helpers on the ship. His unkind words towards the Boatswain seem to be connected to his perceived authority as a noble on board the ship.

Evidence: Antonio states, "The mind that I do, what a sleep were this/ For your advancement! Do you understand me?" (Shakespeare 2.1.305-306).

Antonio attempts to convince Sebastian to kill Alonso (his brother) while he is sleeping so that Sebastian could become the next king.

Evidence: Gonzalo says, “Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys, / Who would believe that there were mountaineers / Dewlapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at / ’em” (Shakespeare 3.2.57-60).

This event occurs when the men including Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, Gonzalo come across a mysterious table filled with food and seem to be confused and distrusting, but Gonzalo urges the men to not be fearful.