Tutorial Group 6

Dear Class,

as planned, we will be discussing The Tempest in Tuesday's class (Dec 1st). We will arrange for our final class then.

Best,

RL

Questions of the Week! The Tempest

Q1. Write on 'illusion of power' in The Tempest.

Q2. Discuss the significance of either sight or hearing in the play.

Q3. What do you think is the significance of the chess game, played between Ferdinand and Miranda?

Q4. Write on the accrual of knowledge/education in The Tempest.


RL

Questions of the Week! Macbeth

Q1. Discuss the contextual resonances evident in the Porter scene for an early modern playhouse audience.

Q2. Discuss the idea of remorse in the play.

Q3. Write on predeterminism in Macbeth.

Q4. In any film adaptation of the play discuss the staging of the scene with Banquo's Ghost.

Questions of the week! Troilus and Cressida

Q1. Discuss the significance of the Prologue scene in Troilus and Cressida? How does it introduce playgoers to the action?

Q2. Discuss the love relationship between the titular characters? Is the tragedy of the piece the unravelling of their relationship? Do you feel sympathy for either, or both, character(s)?

Q3. What is Thersite's dramatic purpose in the play?

Q4. In the BBC film adaptation of the play, discuss Miller's direction of the female characters.