1. List the major oppositions in the play (thematic, character, setting, etc.).

2. Are there any of these kinds of figures in the play? If so, who are they?

the artist

the schemer

the ingenue

the blinded old man

3. Identify what you believe to be the most significant speeches in the play (list locations).

4. Identify what you believe to be the most significant scenes in the play (list locations).

5. Comment on ways in which the opening scene "sets the stage" for and hints at the main ideas/issues that Shakespeare will develop in this play.

6. Are there two worlds (Frye’s sojourn in the green world) in this play?

7. How do the plot and subplot relate in this play?

8. What "current issues" in Shakespeare’s day does this play reflect upon?

9. List the major themes of this play and out to the side indicate any other plays we’ve studied with similar themes.

10. If you were a scholar and ran across "The Tempest" as a manuscript with an anonymous writer, what might make you suspect that Shakespeare wrote it?