This document contains an agenda for a class that includes: 1) Recitations from two students on a previous lesson. 2) An exam on The Tempest covering history and tragedy that students have the rest of the class period to complete. 3) Reminders that there are recitations from three students and the test should be finished by the end of class.

1. ELIT 17
CLASS 15
ECNALG
I RIGHT I

2. AGENDA
 Recitations 2
 Exam 2:
 History and Tragedy
 You have the rest of the class
period to complete your test

3. Recitations: 3
Michelle Bounkousohn
K-li Sanchez

4. work
3. Who was Sycorax? How does Prospero feel about
her? Are there any parallels between Sycorax's
story and Prospero's?
4. What kind of society would Gonzalo like to have
found on the desert island (II.i.146-70)? What is the
reaction of his companions?
5. What do Antonio and Sebastian want to do to
Alonso and Gonzalo? Why? What does Antonio
mean when he says, "What's past is prologue"
(II.i.254)?
1. Prospero presents himself as the civilized discoverer of a desert island, with
Caliban and Ariel as its not-quite-human inhabitants. How does Caliban's history of
the island differ from Prospero's? Whom do you think Shakespeare agrees with,
Prospero or Caliban? Whom do you agree with, Prospero or Caliban? Give textual
evidence in working out your answers.
2. Act One, Scene 1 shows the "tempest" of the play's title. How do the different
characters react to crisis?
Read: The Tempest Acts 1 and 2
Post #15: Choose one

5. You have until the end of the
class period to finish your test