• Choose two characters from The Tempest and compare how they each view their world and society. Answer the following questions within the context of your discussion.
• What role does the character play?
• What is the character’s relationship to important characters in the play?
• What does the character contribute to the significance of the play?
• How would the play be different without this character?
• Describe the elements of imagination in the play, the use of magic, dreaming, sleeping, pretense, and disguise, to show how the success of the plot relies on these elements.
• Explain the theme of shifting power struggles within the play to show where authority shifts occur, how they occur, and with whom the power lies at any given time within the play.
