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Shakespeare’s The Tempest

A Y8 Starter Strand



1.

We split, we split! – Farewell my wife andchildren! – Farewell brother! – We split,

we split, we split!2.

The hour’s now come; the very minutebids thee ope thine ear, Obey, and beattentive.



3.

By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune,

Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies

Brought to this shore.

4.

Thou best know’st

What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans

Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the breasts

Of ever-an r bears.



5.

All the charms

Of Sycorax – toads, beetles, bats – light on you!

For I am all the subjects that you have,

Which first was mine own king: and here you styme

In this hard rock, while you do keep from me

The rest of th’island.



6.

I might call him

A thing divine, for nothing natural

I ever saw so noble.7.

My brother’s servants

Were then my fellows, now they are mymen.



8.

I’ll show thee every fertile inch o’theisland. And I will kiss thy foot – Iprithee be my god.

9.

I would not wish

Any companion in the world but you.



10.

Thee of thy son, Alonso,

They have bereft; and do pronounce by me

Ling’ring perdition – worse than any death



11.

A devil, a born devil, on whose nature

Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains

Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;

And, as with age his body uglier grows,

So his mind cankers.



12.

O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!How bounteous mankind is! O brave new world

That has such people in’t!



13.

As you from crimes would pardoned be,

Let your indulgence set me free.



2. Introducing Iambic Pentameter

• Listen to each other’s heartbeat. This is

the rhythm of the iamb.• Does ‘pentameter’ give you a clue about

the number of beats in each line ofShakespeare’s verse?

• Clap the rhythm: de dum , de dum , dedum , de dum , de dum



3. More Iambic Pentameter

• Clap the rhythm, one group at a time

• Individually, create one line of verse about the

date of your birthday (eg. My birthday’s on thethirteenth day in March )

• In pairs, create as many lines of verse aboutEngland’s World Cup hopes as you can in 10minutes: ( eg. I fear that Rooney’s foot will costus dear)



4. Caliban’s Complaint, 1.2 330-435

• Read Caliban’s speech around the class,stopping when you reach a punctuation mark forthe next person to take over. (Pass if you wouldrather not – but you may only have one word!)

• Now read it in pairs as follow:Sit back to back. A has the script, B does not. Areads the first sentence or phrase with a blankvoice – no expression. B repeats it, adding

expression. Continue to the end.• Swap roles so that A repeats B. This time, Ashould sound as angry as possible.



6. Ferdinand’s love for Miranda

The very instant that I saw you, did

My heart fly to your service, there resides

To make me slave to it, and for your sake

Am I this patient log-man

(3.1. 66-70)



7. Verse and Status

• Look at the list of characters at the start of theplay. Note down the names of at least three thatyou would expect to speak prose.

• In pairs, skim through the text to check thatyour theory is correct. Prepare to tell the class

about two low status characters and choose ashort extract of dialogue to read.



8. The Status Game!

• 10 = very high status

• 1 = very low status

Your task is to either improvise minglingat a party in role as a number between 1

and 10, or to identify who is acting aswhich number.



9. Memory Test! 10 characters….

• Prospero

• Miranda

• Caliban• Alonso

• Antonio

• Sebastian

• Gonzalo

• Trinculo• Stephano

• Boatswain



10. Trading Insults

A B C

simpering mad-headed dog

wretched lily-livered whore-son

insolent iron-witted noisem-aker

bawling languageless slave

blasphemous stretch-mouthed filth

poisonous glass-gazing foot-licker

abominable frosty-spirited hag-seed

slovenly foul-spoken boil



11. Prospero’s character: Agree ordisagree?a) Prospero is Latin for: ‘I cause to succeed, make happy and

fortunate’. His name is therefore appropriate. b) He is a loving, kind and devoted father.c) He is a bad-tempered, dictatorial and impatient father.d) He is a colonialist exploiter who treats Caliban harshly.

e) He is a responsible, benevolent ruler.f) Prospero is like a theatre director using people as his actors.g) He selfishly pursued his study and neglected his duties as Duke of

Milan.h) He loves Ariel and treats him well.

i) He treats Ariel harshly, expecting him to instantly obey everycommand without complaint. j) He is vengeful, only deciding to pardon his enemies at the end of

the play.k) He is merciful and forgiving, in view of what happened to him.



20. Emotional Journeys

In groups of 5, discuss and agree whichcharacters change the most during thecourse of the play.

Now prepare to stand in front of the classin rank order – the most to the leastchanged of your chosen five.

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