The Tempest
Which responses clearly explain how Shakespeare uses dialogue to further the plot of The Tempest?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Prospero reveals his backstory to Miranda in a spoken narrative, which introduces the conflict with Antonio.
B. Miranda reveals in her comments to her father the traumatic and shockingly realistic nature of the shipwreck, which sets the play’s central conflicts in motion.
C. Ariel’s argument with Caliban introduces the conflict with Caliban resulting from the death of his mother, Sycorax.
D. Ariel’s resistance to executing Prospero’s orders creates an opportunity for Prospero to remind Ariel of his debt, and thus tell the story of Ariel’s conflict with Sycorax.