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Act three scene three

Lines 1 - 17

• How does Shakespeare use the opening scene to remind us of Antonio and Sebastian’s evil?

• What structural techniques does he use to remind us that time is running out?

AO2: Language and structure

The Banquet – lines 18 - 52

• What ideas do you have about Shakespeare’s use of the banquet?

• How it is used to reveal more about the characters onstage?

How does Ariel’s speech – lines 53 – 82:

• Emphasise the base sin of Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?

• Demonstrate Prospero’s absolute power over the island?

• Present Prospero as an innocent victim?• Stress the life the men need to live on leaving the

island?BUT:Why is the harpy not actually a symbol of divine justice? What does it really represent? AO2 – language and structure

AO2 – alternative interpretations

The end of the scene (from line 83 – end)

How does Shakespeare show:• Prospero’s power?• Alonso’s despair?• Gonzalo’s compassion?• Prospero’s love of Miranda?