Why Characters Do Things.

Shakespeare's characters do talk a lot. But they also get up to some crazy nonsense as well. The next two revision parts are about making sense of why they do the things they do.

Write about What They're Like.

Q. Is Prospero a good or a bad character? Refer to Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 1 of The Tempest.

For this question you need to go through the scenes to find the bits that tell you what Prospero says and does and what the other characters think of him.

It'll help if you have a pretty good idea about what the characters are like and what they do in the rest of the…