message in a bottle, English homework help

After reading the first four acts of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, choose a character shipwrecked on the island and write a message in a bottle from that character’s perspective. Include the name of the character in the subject line of your post.

The shipwrecked characters include:

Ferdinand – Son and heir of Alonso

Alonso – King of Naples and father of Ferdinand

Antonio – Prospero’s brother who unseated him as Duke of Milan

Sebastian – Alonso’s brother who plots with Antonio to assassinate Alonso on the island

Gonzalo – Gonzalo helped Prospero and Miranda escape from Milan

Trinculo – A jester and a comic figure

Stephano – A drunken butler and a comic figure

When writing your message in a bottle, you should cover the following

How you ended up on this island and what the island looks like

The other people with you on the island (only include those individuals you have interacted with)

A conflict that you have had with another character on the island or yourself

Any strange or unusual things that you have seen, heard, or otherwise experienced on the island

When writing your letter, please keep in mind the character’s background. A higher born character will write differently than a less educated character. This is particularly important given the emphasis that The Tempest places on the seemingly unsuccessful process of educating Caliban. Your purpose is to describe the island and your own unique situation while pleading for rescue.

References

Shakespeare, W. (2014). The Tempest (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.. In B. Mowat & P. Werstine (Eds.), Folger Digital Texts. Retrieved from http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=…