Why is Alonso feeling depressed and sad? | Alonso is grieving the supposed loss of his son Ferdinand. |
How do Antonio and Sebastian react to Alonso’s depressed mood? | Sebastian and Antonio are rude and insensitive to Alonso. |
How does Adrian feel about the atmosphere of the island? | Adrian feels that the island is uninhabitable, yet the air is sweet and the climate is temperate. |
What is Adrian’s main dramatic purpose in this scene? | Adrian acts as a foil to Antonio and Sebastian who are cynical and abusive. |
What happened to the garments of the royal party during the storm at sea? | Their garments were drenched but now they are as fresh as they were the day they put them in Africa. |
Who was “Widow Dido”? | “Widow Dido” alludes to Aeneas’ lover in Virgil’s The Aeneid. |
Why does Alonso feel that he suffers a double loss? | Alonso feels he has lost his daughter in marriage to a man in a distant country and has lost his son in the tempest at sea. |
Why does Sebastian tell Alonso he has himself to blame for his son’s death? | Sebastian is implying that Alonso forced his daughter to marry a foreigner, it was their trip to the wedding that caused his son’s death. |
Who would manage Gonzalo’s ideal commonwealth? | Gonzalo would be the king of the commonwealth. |
How does Alonso feel about Gonzalo’s proposed commonwealth? | Alonso does not want to hear about Gonzalo’s commonwealth. |
How does Alonso feel about sleep? | He wishes that when he would go to sleep and that he would forget about everything |
What does Antonio do as soon as the king falls asleep? | Antonio tries to persuade Sebastian to kill his brother. |
In what way is Sebastian an heir to the throne? | Claribel is now the Queen of Tunis and she lives to far from Naples to inherit the kingdom if her father dies. |
How does Sebastian feel when Antonio suggests that Sebastian should be the future king? | When he starts hearing Antonio’s plan he starts liking it and warming up to it. |
How does Antonio feel about his conscience? | He ends up dismissing his second thought. He doesn’t mind. |
How does Antonio view the king’s position in the natural hierarchy or society’s law of degree? | DON”T KNOW |
Who has sent Ariel to stop the conspiracy? Why? | His master Prospero sent him to warn Gonzalo that their king was in danger. |
What is Prospero’s project? | His project is for the king to go look for his son Ferdinand. |
Why are Antonio and Sebastian caught with their swords drawn? | Ariel ends up singing in Gonzalo’s ear saying that he should awake because something is going to happen to the king. He ends up awakenng and yelled “Preserve the King.” |
What was Antonio and Sebastian’s excuse for drawing their swords? | Sebastian ends up saying that they heard a loud noise that caused them to draw their swords. |
What does Trinculo think he has discovered when he first meets Caliban? | He does not know if Caliban is either a man or fish. |
Where does Trinculo hide from the impending thunderstorm? | He hides under Caliban’s cloak |
How did Stephano arrive at the shore of the island? | He escaped upon a butt of sack, which the sailors heaved overboard. |
How did Trinculo get to the shore? | He swam ashore. |
What does Stephano think he has found when he runs across Caliban’s cloak with four legs protruding? | A Four-legged monster with a fever. |
How does Stephano’s wine affect Caliban? | Caliban ends up getting drunk. |
What does Caliban ask Stephano to be? | DONT KNOW |
What promises does Caliban make to Trinculo and Stephano? | He promises them to lead them around and show them the isle. |
What is the central idea in Caliban’s song? | That he won’t be a servant anymore. |
What does Trinculo think about Caliban’s worship of Stephano as his god? | He sees him as the most ridiculous monster. |
Act two of The Tempest
July 29, 2019