PDF posters and PDF and Word versions of worksheet
KS3, KS4
Years 7-11
This download includes 10 posters featuring key quotes from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. There’s also a worksheet (in PDF and Word doc formats) with these quotes on for students to make notes on as you read through the play.
The Tempest quotes
The following quotes from The Tempest are included in this poster pack:
“O, I have suffered with those that I saw suffer” – Miranda, Act I, Scene II
“My library was dukedom large enough” – Prospero, Act I, Scene II
“For I am all the subjects that you have, which first was mine own king” – Caliban, Act I, Scene II
“You taught me language, and my profit on’t is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you for learning me your language!” – Caliban, Act I, Scene II
“I am your wife, if you will marry me: if not, I’ll die your maid: to be your fellow you may deny me, but I’ll be your servant, whether you will or no” – Miranda, Act III, Scene I
“He that dies pays all debts” – Stephano, Act III, Scene II
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on: and our little life is rounded with a sleep” – Prospero Act IV, Scene I
“Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you prove a mutineer – the next tree! The poor monster’s my subject and he shall not suffer indignity” – Stephano, Act IV, Scene II
“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in’t” – Miranda, Act V, Scene I
“As you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgences set me free” – Prospero, Epilogue
Check out our collection of quote posters and worksheets for Shakespeare plays or join us as we explore key quotes spoken by Caliban from The Tempest.
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