For example, he hopes Miranda will fall in love with Ferdinand and acts hostilely towards Ferdinand to test how they feel about each other. Look at ProsperoвЂ™s attempts in the play to control how characters feel and consider how successful he is. What Prospero canвЂ™t control is how people feel. His powers, obtained through magic, to control them and everyone else on the island. ProsperoвЂ™s power as Duke of Milan was taken from him by Alonso and Antonio and now he uses We soon realise, however, that the storm is being controlled by Ariel who is being controlled by Prospero. The play opens with the power of nature shown by the storm, against which the power of the king and his nobles is useless.You can discover more about this in the performance section. For the 2016 production of The Tempest, the RSC worked closely with Intel to combine stage tricks and sophisticated digital technology to create the magic of The Tempest. Use of set, lighting and sound has become increasingly sophisticated since ShakespeareвЂ™s time and these elements can all be used to create theatrical magic. What other moments of theatrical magic can you find in the play? Why do you think moments like this are enjoyable for an audience?

Moments of theatrical magic are when, for example, a character like Ariel is invisible to other characters on stage in Act 3 Scene 2, or when Ariel emerges from the banquet as a harpy in Act 3 Scene 3. What differences can you find between how Prospero and Sycorax use magic? What differences can you findД«etween Prospero's powers and ArielвЂ™s? How do you think ProsperoвЂ™s use of magic is linked to the theme What other references to these tools of magic can you find in the text? He also has a staffДЄnd cloak that help his magic. HeвЂ™s but a sot, as I am, nor hath not / One spirit to commandвЂ™ (Caliban, 3:2). Caliban, for example tells Stephano, вЂRemember / First to possess his books, for without them Prospero's magical power and ability to control spirits seems closely connected to.See if you can complete the grid and finish four points which explain what this duologue reveals about the characters at this point in the play. Using NatalieвЂ™s strategies for exploring duologues and NiaвЂ™s advice about shared lines, weвЂ™ve started to look at what the language Prospero and Ariel use tells us about them in Act 5 Scene 1.

What might this suggest about their relationship? Notice when and how Prospero and Ariel share lines of rhythm between them.

How do Prospero and Ariel address each other and how do these terms of address give or take status?Д¬onsider here that вЂyouвЂ™ and вЂyourвЂ™ are generally used to address someone of a higher status, whereas вЂthouвЂ™ and вЂthyвЂ™ are generally used to address someone of a lower status and creatures who are not human.

What questions, comments and instructions prompt the other character into giving answers?.

Although Prospero and Ariel do not use many of the same words, what ideas and images do you think they are sharing with each other?.

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