Question

Which response most clearly explains how Shakespeare relates the conflict in The Tempest to the story’s settings?

The Tempest

A. He sets the scene of the shipwreck in dangerous, stormy weather to symbolically foreshadow the upcoming conflict between Ferdinand and Antonio.
B. He uses the setting of a ship to showcase in vivid detail the central conflict of the plot, in which the crew of Prospero’s ship all drown.
C. He sets the scene of Milan and its finery during the plot’s exposition in order to illustrate the conflict created by Prospero’s cruel brother, Antonio.
D. He uses the island and the storm as reasons for Prospero to tell Miranda his backstory, which introduces the audience to the story’s central conflict.

Answer 1

C. He sets the scene of Milan and its finery during the plot’s exposition in order to illustrate the conflict created by Prospero’s cruel brother, Antonio.

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