The Tempest Character Padlet by Good Stuff

Prospero

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 16:45:48 UTC

Prospero is a sorcerer/magician who reads a lot and uses magic. He is also the father of Miranda. He is the rightful duke, but is overthrown by his brother and is cast out.

Ferdinand

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 16:50:14 UTC

Ferdinand is the son of Alonso who falls in love with Miranda. Prospero treats him like a slave but eventually lets them marry.

Antonio

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 16:59:00 UTC

Antonio is the brother of Prospero who overthrows his brother to become duke.

Stephano

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:01:42 UTC

Stephano is washed up on an island with a barrel of wine and becomes the butler to Alonso. He is also a drunkard who is friends with Trinculo.

Trinculo

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:03:20 UTC

Trinculo is washed up on an island alone after a shipwreck. he becomes jester to Alonso. He is also a drunkard who is friends with Stephano.

Ariel

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:05:17 UTC

Ariel is a spirit/fairy of the island and no one can see him except Prospero.

Gonzalo

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:08:20 UTC

Gonzalo is the King's councilman and helped Prospero and Miranda escape the island.

Miranda

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:11:16 UTC

Miranda is the only child and daughter of Prospero. She falls in love with Ferdinand. She can't remember anyone that was with her except her father and Caliban until the shipwreck.

Caliban

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:17:33 UTC

Caliban is the son of Sycorax and was born on an island before Miranda and Prospero arrive there. Caliban lives with them like a family but is treated like a slave after Prospero catches him sexually assualting Miranda. He wants revenge Prospero for treating him like a slave. He meets Stephano and Caliban ends up thinking Stephano is a god and serves him.

Sycorax

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:20:15 UTC

Sycorax is a witch and also the mother of Caliban. She gives birth to Caliban on an Island after the shipwreck

Alonso

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:21:10 UTC

Alonso is the king of Naples and Ferdinands Father. He supports Antonio and makes him Duke.

Francisco

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:26:07 UTC

Francisco is one of the King's Lords. He lives to serve The King Alonso (Yet also wants liberty).

Adrian

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:26:54 UTC

He is one of the King's Lords. He is forced to serve Alonso and wants liberty.

Sebastian

gstuff987 — 2024-01-12 17:54:58 UTC

Sebastian is Alonso's younger brother and plots to kill him.

Act 1: Power

gstuff987 — 2024-01-19 20:06:10 UTC

Although Prospero may seem to have a lot of power, he wasn't able to keep it because he didn't protect his power. If people don't protect their power, other people will strip them of it. Antonio, Prospero's brother, was able to overthrow Prospero and become Duke of Milan due to the lack of protection that Prospero had.

Act 1: Perspective

gstuff987 — 2024-01-24 06:14:25 UTC

Anyone with small perspective will have little to no benefit on anyone. Miranda has a lack of perspective due to the no experience with people or men. Miranda was isolated and naive. When Miranda meets Ferdinand, she quickly falls in love because he is the first man other than Caliban and her father that she met. A small perspective implies a limited view of the world, which may hinder one's ability to offer valuable insights, support, or assistance to others.

Act 2: Power

gstuff987 — 2024-02-02 19:45:37 UTC

Theme: Power can lead to corruption and undermine morality.

Evidence: "For all the rest, / They’ll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. / They’ll tell the clock to any business that / We say befits the hour" (Shakespeare 2.1.328-331).

Act 3: Perspective

gstuff987 — 2024-02-02 19:45:57 UTC

Theme: A strong perspective can alter interpretations of events and motivations.

Evidence: "So glad of this as they I cannot be, / Who are surprised withal; but my rejoicing / At nothing can be more. I'll to my book, / For yet ere suppertime must I perform / Much business appertaining" (Shakespeare 3.1.110-115).