The Tempest: Themes (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Four key themes in The Tempest
Four key themes in The Tempest
Power & Control, Colonisation, Forgiveness, Magic & Illusion
Prospero's rightful title
Prospero's rightful title
Duke of Milan
Two characters Prospero controls on the island
Two characters Prospero controls on the island
Ariel and Caliban
Why Ariel serves Prospero
Why Ariel serves Prospero
Hopes to gain his freedom
Original inhabitant of the island
Original inhabitant of the island
Caliban
Caliban's quote about island ownership
Caliban's quote about island ownership
"This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother"
How Prospero views himself regarding Caliban
How Prospero views himself regarding Caliban
As a civilising force
Who Caliban allies with in his resistance
Who Caliban allies with in his resistance
Stephano and Trinculo
Prospero's journey in the play
Prospero's journey in the play
From vengeance to forgiveness
What Miranda & Ferdinand's marriage symbolises
What Miranda & Ferdinand's marriage symbolises
Reconciliation between Prospero and former enemies
Three things Prospero's magic allows him to do
Three things Prospero's magic allows him to do
Control elements, summon spirits, create illusions
What magic represents in the play
What magic represents in the play
Power of mind and imagination
Who the masque is staged for
Who the masque is staged for
Miranda and Ferdinand
Relationship symbolising colonisation theme
Relationship symbolising colonisation theme
Prospero and Caliban
Prospero's choice at the end of the play
Prospero's choice at the end of the play
Forgives enemies and returns to Milan