The Tempest: Power & Control - Analysis & Annotation
English
GCSE
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A worksheet focusing on themes of Power and Control in Shakespeare's The Tempest, designed for GCSE students with analysis and annotation tasks.
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The Tempest: Power & Control - Analysis & Annotation
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Extract from The Tempest - Act 1, Scene 2
PROSPERO: Now I want / Spirits / To enforce, art to enchant, / And my charms are all o’erthrown; / And what strength I have’s mine own, / Which is most faint. Now, ’tis true / I must be here confined by you, / Or sent to Naples. / I’ll break my staff, / And let me drown. / If I have too austerely punish’d you, / Your compensation makes amends, / For I have given you here a third of mine own life, / Or that for which I live; / Who once again I tender to thy hand, / All thy vexations / Were but trials of my patience. / But thou, my little power, / My spirit, my island, my magic, / In whose power I have enshrined my sovereignty, / May look for vengeance in the future, / When I am free, and wield my sword again— /—And with my own hand / I’ll smite thee, and thy complice.
1.
Identify a metaphor in the extract that illustrates Prospero's loss of power.
[2 marks]2.
What does Prospero’s reference to 'enchantment' reveal about his character’s methods of control?
[2 marks]3.
Explain the significance of Prospero’s line ‘I’ll break my staff, / And let me drown.’ in the context of the theme of power.
[4 marks]4.
Identify and explain the dramatic technique used in Prospero’s declaration ‘…my island, my magic, / In whose power I have enshrined my sovereignty.’
[3 marks]5.
Discuss how the extract shows Prospero’s internal conflict regarding his desire for vengeance and his sense of justice.
[4 marks]6.
Analyse the use of imagery in the line ‘Your vexations / Were but trials of my patience.’
[3 marks]7.
What tone does Prospero’s declaration ‘I’ll smite thee, and thy complice’ convey?
Aa) Forgiveness
Bb) Vengeance
Cc) Sadness
Dd) Indifference
8.
Describe the character’s attitude towards his enemies based on this extract.
[2 marks]9.
Based on the extract, how does Shakespeare use language to depict the theme of power shifting?
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