What is Act 1 Scene 1 about in The Tempest?
Summary. A violent storm rages around a small ship at sea. The master of the ship calls for his boatswain to rouse the mariners to action and prevent the ship from being run aground by the tempest. Sebastian and Antonio curse the Boatswain in his labors, masking their fear with profanity.
What is the significance of Act 1 Scene 1?
Explanation: in act 1 scene 1, tempest was prevailing which tossed the royal ship. tishiscenes reveals the important characters in the play . They are Alonso , king of Naples, gonzal, old councillor,Ferdinand , Prince,Antonio , usurped duke of Milan , Sebastian , kings brother.
What happens in Act 1 Scene 2 of the tempest?
The action moves to an island, where we meet Prospero and his daughter, Miranda. Prospero says the storm is a good occasion for him to reveal their family secret to her, which he’s often started telling her but never finished. He promises to finish this time.
What does Gonzalo wish at the end of the scene?
Gonzalo ends the act, wishing that he would not have to die at sea: “Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, -long heath, broomwn, furze, anything. The wills above be done, but I would fain die a dry death” Act 1, Scene 1, lines 65 – 68.
Why does Sebastian want to kill Alonso?
Ariel awoke Gonzalo and Alonso. Antonio, however, continues to plot against other characters: he persuades Sebastian to kill his brother, Alonso, so that Sebastian himself can become the King of Naples. Antonio and Sebastian want to kill Alonso and Gonzalo so that they can be King and the King’s advisor.
Why is Gonzalo the special target of the two villains?
Gonzalo was in charge of the proceedings of expelling Prospero from his dukedom which was planned by Alonso and Antonio. Gonzalo however helped Prospero by providing him with linens, rich garments, stuffs, books which he treasured the most during his dukedom and other necessaries required in the dilapidated boat.
What will Prospero reward Gonzalo?
Gonzalo was a nobleman from Naples. He had been chosen to carry out the plan to carry Prospero and Miranda to the sea and trying to kill them there. However, he didn’t kill them but instead he gave them clothes, linen, and other necessities.
What made Ariel ashamed when Prospero reminded him of his past?
Prospero declines, reminding him of the state he was in before Prospero rescued him: Ariel had been trapped by the witch Sycorax in a “cloven pine” as a punishment for resisting her commands. Ariel also appears in Act Three to foil Caliban’s plot to turn the sailors against Prospero and murder him.
What examples does Gonzalo give to show that suffering are common in the world?
Answer. Explanation: Gonzalo praises and encourages the others, even though they sometimes mock him. When Prospero releases all the shipwrecked passengers from his magic spells, he singles out Gonzalo first of all.
Would I had never married my daughter there?
Would I had never Married my daughter there! For, coming thence, My son is lost and, in my rate, she too, Who is so far from Italy removed I ne’er again shall see her. I lost my son because of it.
What does Gonzalo say about the island?
Gonzalo’s utopia consists of everything he sees on the island. Gonzalo’s utopia is very much like the one described by More. Gonzalo says, “Would I admit; no name of magistrate; letters should not be known; riches, poverty, and use of service; none; contract; succession, bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none…
How does Gonzalo try to comfort Alonso?
Alonso is despondent because he can’t find Ferdinand, whom he believes to be dead. Gonzalo tries to comfort him by saying that they should be thankful that they survived, but Alonso is too sad to listen to him. Meanwhile, off to one side, Antonio and Sebastian look on and mock Gonzalo’s positive attitude.