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Q1Why does Prospero raise the tempest at the start of the play?
Q2What is Prospero's original reason for enslaving Caliban?
Q3How does Ferdinand prove his love for Miranda during their time together?
Q4Why does Prospero interrupt the masque he stages for Ferdinand and Miranda?
Q5What happens to the ship and its crew during the tempest?
Q6Who is Miranda's father, and what was his rank before his exile?
Q7What is Ariel's primary motivation to serve Prospero?
Q8How does Caliban regard Stephano when they first meet?
Q9Who says, 'You taught me language; and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse'?
Q10What does Prospero mean when he says, 'We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep'?
Q11Who says, 'O brave new world, / That has such people in't'?
Q12Why does Prospero ultimately choose to forgive his enemies rather than punish them?
Q13How does the play present Prospero's magic as connected to his identity?
Q14What does the island represent in relation to Prospero's rule and Caliban's enslavement?
Q15How does Ariel's question, 'Do you love me, master?', reveal the nature of his bondage?
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