Question

Give a vivid description of the events that occur in the first scene of the play The Tempest. [15 marks]
Please write an answer which makes up 15 marks.

Answer 1

In the play's opening scene a small ship is being tossed about at sea by a violent storm, the tempest of the title. But this is no ordinary storm; it's been whipped up by the magician Prospero to frighten the ship's passengers. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, seeks revenge...