The Tempest
One day, there arose a terrible storm in the sea. As Miranda looked out, she saw a fine ship
struggling in the midst of the storm.
‘O father, ’ she said, ‘if you have, by your power, raised the tempest, please put an end to it.
What a fine ship is there struggling in the cruel waves! The cries of the drowning sailors seem to
knock against my heart.’
‘Don’t be afraid,’ said Prospero. ‘Not a single person shall perish. As for the storm, I have raised
it for your sake. I have done it for you, my beloved daughter, who does not know who you are. ’
Now for the first time Prospero told Miranda the strange story of her life. ‘Twelve years ago, ’ he
said, ‘I was the Duke of Milan. Knowledge was my chief aim in life; wealth and worldly
possessions hardly mattered to me. Leaving the management of affairs to my brother Antonio,
whose loyalty I never doubted, I devoted all my time to secret studies. Meanwhile, he grew
greedy for power and possessions. He bribed my ministers and plotted against me with my
enemy, the King of Naples. One dark night, their soldiers took me out of my palace, with you
crying in my arms. They did not dare to kill us openly; so they put us into an old and damaged
ship that could hardly float, and left us to perish at sea. But there was a kind old lord named
Gonzalo. He was loyal to me at heart and was not in favour of Antonio's plot. He secretly stored
the ship with fresh water, food and clothes, and my personal books, which I valued more than
my dukedom. Driven by favourable winds, we floated to this lonely island.
‘But what is your reason for raising this tempest? ’ asked Miranda, who was still thinking of the
drowning sailors.
‘Fortune has now begun to favour me,’ replied Prospero. ‘The tempest has, in a strange
manner, brought all my enemies to t his island; they are in the ship you see. For the present, it is
enough for you to know that much.’ Then Prospero touched Miranda gently with his magic
wand, and she fell asleep.
Questions
1. Answer these questions.
a. What did Miranda ask Prospero to do when she saw the ship caught in the
tempest?
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b. What did Prospero say he had raised the storm for?
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c. Why did Prospero leave the management of state affairs to Antonio?
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d. Who helped Antonio to seize the throne?
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e. What did !ntonio’s soldiers do?
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f. How did Gonzalo help Prospero?
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2. Find words/phrases from the passage which mean the same as:
a. a storm at sea ..................................
b. the stick used by magicians ..................................
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Explanation:
1. a)she said to " ‘if you have, by your power, raised the tempest, please put an end to it.
What a fine ship is there struggling in the cruel waves! The cries of the drowning sailors seem to
knock against my heart.’
b) Prospero said to her daughter that he is doing this for her sake .
c) Prospero's reason to treat Antonio like this " Leaving the management of affairs to my brother Antonio,
whose loyalty I never doubted, I devoted all my time to secret studies. Meanwhile, he grew
greedy for power and possessions. "
d) king of Nepal helped Antonio to sezie the castle .
e) Antonio's soldiers pushed Prospero and his daughter in the boat and pushed it into the storm .
f) Gonzalo secretly stored
the ship with fresh water, food and clothes, and my personal books, which I valued more than
my dukedom.
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