4.4 The Tempest My English Coursebook - 4.4 The Tempest

A1. Simple Factual Activities:Complete the following sentences with the help of the passage:
(1) Prospero decided to give up ___________.
(2) Ariel promised everyone ___________ and ___________ while sailing.
(3) ___________ was happy to see his lost son.
(4) Prospero assured Alonso that ___________.

      The king and the other courtiers were ashamed. They begged Prospero’s forgiveness. “I have been duly punished for my sins.” Cried king Alonso, “For I have lost my son, and my kingdom is without an heir!”
      Prospero drew back a curtain from the entrance of his cave. Inside, they saw Ferdinand and Miranda, happily playing a game of chess.
      How happy Alonso was to see his lost son! How thrilled he was to hear that Ferdinand was to marry the Duke of Milan’s beautiful daughter!
      So it all ended happily! Prospero assured them that their ship was safely anchored and each and every sailor was safe on board.
      On the following day, they all set sail for Naples, where Ferdinand and Miranda were to be married. Waving them goodbye, Ariel promised them calm seas and favourable winds. Prospero had set him free to wander where he would, as free as the air!
      Thus, after many years of hardship, Prospero was back in Milan, where his people welcomed him with great love and joy. He decided to break his magic stick and give up the practice of magic. He was happy and pleased to be back in Milan - but he was happy above all, to forgive his old enemies who had wronged him cruelly. Even though they had been at his mercy, he did not take revenge on them, but very nobly, forgave them!

A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Find two supporting points from the story to prove the following fact:
(1) The story 'The Tempest' has a happy ending.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Complete the following table:

Present Tense		Past Tense	Past Participle
1	give	________	________
2	________	saw	seen
3	________	________	assured
4	________	forgave	________

A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Use 'not only ... but also':
(1) Prospero was happy and pleased to be back in Milan.
(2) Ariel promised them calm seas and favourable winds in their journey.
A5. Personal Response:
What could be the reason for Prospero to give up the practice of magic?

A1. Simple Factual Activities:
State whether the following statements are Right or Wrong:
(1) People in Milan welcomed Prospero with great love and joy.
(2) Prospero nobly forgave his old enemies.
(3) Ferdinand and Miranda got married on the enchanted island.
(4) Ariel was as free as air at the end.

      The king and the other courtiers were ashamed. They begged Prospero’s forgiveness. “I have been duly punished for my sins.” Cried king Alonso, “For I have lost my son, and my kingdom is without an heir!”
      Prospero drew back a curtain from the entrance of his cave. Inside, they saw Ferdinand and Miranda, happily playing a game of chess.
      How happy Alonso was to see his lost son! How thrilled he was to hear that Ferdinand was to marry the Duke of Milan’s beautiful daughter!
      So it all ended happily! Prospero assured them that their ship was safely anchored and each and every sailor was safe on board.
      On the following day, they all set sail for Naples, where Ferdinand and Miranda were to be married. Waving them goodbye, Ariel promised them calm seas and favourable winds. Prospero had set him free to wander where he would, as free as the air!
      Thus, after many years of hardship, Prospero was back in Milan, where his people welcomed him with great love and joy. He decided to break his magic stick and give up the practice of magic. He was happy and pleased to be back in Milan - but he was happy above all, to forgive his old enemies who had wronged him cruelly. Even though they had been at his mercy, he did not take revenge on them, but very nobly, forgave them!

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Who said to whom and when :
"I have been duly punished for my sins."
(2) What surprise awaited king Alonso when Prospero drew back the curtain? 
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Statements
(1) heir, cave, ship, old, wind
(2) take, wander, safe, punish, hear
(3) happy, thrilling, calm, revenge, favourable
(4) nobly, safely, happily, marry, duly
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Make them assertive:
(1) How happy Alonso was to see his lost son!
(2) How thrilled Alonso was to hear that Ferdinand was to marry the duke of Milan's beautiful daughter!
A5. Personal Response:
What could be the reason for Prospero to give up the practice of magic?

A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Fill in the blanks with one word:
(1) Prospero took the prince to a cave.
(2) Ferdinand wanted to be the king of Naples.
(3) Many more tricks were played on Prospero's enemies by Ariel.
(4) Antonio wanted to kill king Alonso.

      Miranda begged her father to be kind to the sweet prince; but Prospero took the prince to a cave, where he was made to work, carrying heavy logs. This was only as a trial of his love, for as he watched them from afar, he saw the young people talking to each other, getting to know each other, and very soon, falling in love with each other. 
     “I shall be king of Naples one day,” Ferdinand said to Miranda, “and you shall be my Queen, I promise you !”
     At this, Prospero smiled, and appearing before them, said to Ferdinand, “All your troubles were merely trials of your love; and you have nobly stood the test. Now, I give you my daughter, a priceless gift.”
     In the meanwhile, in another part of the island, the evil and treacherous Antonio was once again plotting a murder. This time he planned to kill king Alonso, so that his brother Sebastian could become the king. The two wicked men were about to kill the sleeping king, when Ariel woke him up, saving his life in the nick of time.
     Many more tricks did Ariel play on Prospero’s enemies. He caused them to wander about; he filled their ears with strange and frightful noises; when they were faint with hunger, he set a huge banquet before them, only to take it away when they touched the food.
     When the men were nearly out of their senses with fear and hunger, Ariel reminded them of their treachery and wickedness in the past.
      King Alonso and the loyal lord Gonzalo were filled with grief, for all the injustice that had been done to Prospero. In this repentant mood, Ariel brought them before Prospero.
      At first, they could hardly recognise the former Duke of Milan, for he was clothed in his magic robe. But Prospero revealed himself to them in his own form. He thanked Gonzalo for his kindness, and reproached the king and Antonio for their treachery.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) What tricks did Ariel play on Prospero's enemies? 
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Find out two words from the passage with suffix 'ness' and write your own two words with suffix 'ness'.
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Begin the sentences with the underlined object and rewrite it:
(1) Ariel brought them before Prospero.
(2) He thanked Gonzalo for his kindness.
A5. Personal Response:
'Ariel was a faithful spirit' - why do you think so? 

A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Fill in the blanks with one word:
(1) Prospero took the prince to a cave.
(2) Ferdinand wanted to be the king of Naples.
(3) Many more tricks were played on Prospero's enemies by Ariel.
(4) Antonio wanted to kill king Alonso.

      Miranda begged her father to be kind to the sweet prince; but Prospero took the prince to a cave, where he was made to work, carrying heavy logs. This was only as a trial of his love, for as he watched them from afar, he saw the young people talking to each other, getting to know each other, and very soon, falling in love with each other. 
     “I shall be king of Naples one day,” Ferdinand said to Miranda, “and you shall be my Queen, I promise you !”
     At this, Prospero smiled, and appearing before them, said to Ferdinand, “All your troubles were merely trials of your love; and you have nobly stood the test. Now, I give you my daughter, a priceless gift.”
     In the meanwhile, in another part of the island, the evil and treacherous Antonio was once again plotting a murder. This time he planned to kill king Alonso, so that his brother Sebastian could become the king. The two wicked men were about to kill the sleeping king, when Ariel woke him up, saving his life in the nick of time.
     Many more tricks did Ariel play on Prospero’s enemies. He caused them to wander about; he filled their ears with strange and frightful noises; when they were faint with hunger, he set a huge banquet before them, only to take it away when they touched the food.
     When the men were nearly out of their senses with fear and hunger, Ariel reminded them of their treachery and wickedness in the past.
      King Alonso and the loyal lord Gonzalo were filled with grief, for all the injustice that had been done to Prospero. In this repentant mood, Ariel brought them before Prospero.
      At first, they could hardly recognise the former Duke of Milan, for he was clothed in his magic robe. But Prospero revealed himself to them in his own form. He thanked Gonzalo for his kindness, and reproached the king and Antonio for their treachery.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Who said to whom and when?
(1) ... and you shall be my Queen.
(2) "All your troubles were merely trials of your love".
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Match the words in Column 'A' with their meanings in Column 'B':

Column 'A'	Column 'B'
(1) treacherous	(a) a grand dinner party
(2) revealed	(b) very valuable
(3) banquet	(c) showed
(4) priceless	(d) deceitful

A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(1) Prospero said to Ferdinand, "All your troubles were merely trials of your love and you have nobly stood the test. Now, I give you my daughter, a priceless gift."
(Rewrite the sentence in indirect narration.)
A5. Personal Response:
'Ariel was a faithful spirit' - why do you think so? 

A1. Simple Factual Activities:
Fill in the blanks with one word:
(1) Prospero took the prince to a ___________.
(2) Ferdinand wanted to be the king of ___________.
(3) Many more tricks were played on Prospero's enemies by ___________.
(4) Antonio wanted to kill king ___________.

      In reality, Ariel informed Prospero, the ship was  safely anchored in one corner of the island; Ferdinand  was all alone on the beach, and Alonso, Antonio,  Gonzalo and the others were wandering about on the  island, not knowing where to go.
      “Ariel, my joyful spirit,” Said Prospero. “Bring Ferdinand here at once, for my daughter must see him.”
      “Remember, Master, I have served you joyfully all these years. And you promised me that you would set me free one day.”             
      “Obey my commands now,” Prospero said to him “and in two days I shall set you free!”
       Ariel, assuming a form invisible to Ferdinand enchanted the prince with a beautiful song, leading him carefully into the presence of Prospero and Miranda And, all happened exactly as Prospero had planned.
       Miranda, who had never ever seen any human being except her father, looked at the handsome young prince and was thrilled.
      “I might call him a thing divine,” she exclaimed “for nothing natural I ever saw so noble!”
       Ferdinand too, was astonished to see such a beautiful young girl in a desolate place like the island “Most sure, she is the goddess of the island !” he thought to himself.
       As they gazed at each other in wonder, admiration and love, Prospero was secretly pleased. But outwardly he pretended to be angry. He accused the Prince of spying on the island, to capture it for himself. “Follow me,” he said to the Prince, “I shall tie you up, neck and feet together.”
      The brave prince drew his sword to defend himself - but Prospero waved his magic stick, and the prince was forced to stand like a statue, as still as stone..

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
How did Ferdinand and Miranda react on seeing each other?
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Write down minimum four infinitives from the passage:
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Rewrite the following sentences in polite request in form of question :
(1) Obey my commands now!
(2) Bring Ferdinand here at once.
A5. Personal Response:
Do you think the power of magic can make you successful? Why?