Tuesday, 12/9/14: Act V of The Tempest

* Open
  • Term: Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
* Act V (22 min.)

* Journal

5.1

  • 18. Why does Prospero vow to destroy the instruments of his magical arts (staff and book)?
  • 19. The play appeared to be heading into a revenge tragedy; however, Ariel helps direct that course into comedy?  How does he do this?  What key theme to the play is revealed here? 
  • 20.  What double meanings can you discover in Prospero's epilogue?   
HW: Journal: Act V

Ferdinand Lured by Ariel (John Millais, 1850)

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