The Tempest: Ariel & Prospero
Lamanique T , Destin Wolverton, Jo Gray, and Datianna Woods
Discussion Questions By: Lamanique
- Why did Prospero save Ariel?
- Was Ariel evil before he became a slave to Prospero?
*Does Ariel like serving Prospero?
*Does Prospero care for Ariel or is he just using Ariel?
Director By: Destin
Act1, Scene 2
Characters:
Ariel: Jo
Prospero: Lamanique
Miranda: Datianna
Character Background By: Lamanique
Prospero
Is the rightful Duke of Milan, who was put to sea on "a rotten carcass of a butt " to die by his usurping brother, Antonio, twelve years before the play begins. Prospero and Miranda (His daughter)survived, and found exile on a small island. He implies he has learned sorcery from books, and uses it while on the island to protect Miranda and control the other characters.
Ariel
Is a spirit who that is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island.
Miranda
She is the daughter of Prospero. She was banished to the Island along with her father when she was three, and has lived with her father and their slave, Caliban, as her only company for the last twelve years. She is open compassionate and unaware of the evils of the world that surrounds her, learning of her father's fate only as the play begins.
Visualizer By: Jo
This picture shows Miranda sleeping while Ariel begs Prospero for forgiveness because he asked for his freedom without completing the last task Prospero had for him. Because of that Prospero thought he was ungrateful for what he done for him and got mad.
Theme Analysis By: Datianna
- It is right to manipulate others to get our way or wishes.
- Ariel states "And as thou badest me, in troops I have dispered them 'bout the isle."
- People in power have the right to use it in any way they see fit.
- Prospero states "If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak and peg thee in his knotty entrails till thou has howled away twelve winters."