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What is important about act 1 of 'The Tempest'? There are a lot of important matters that occur in the introductory act of 'The Tempest'. For starters, we learn a lot about the characters in a short time, this is mainly due to the royal party being on the boat under storm and characters generously unfold a lot more under strenuous conditions. This also helps us get to know Prospero, Miranda and his servants a lot better, this is mainly due to Prospero trying to seize the situation and take control of it. We also manage to find out about the background of Prospero, Antonio and Alonso. During the opening scene, we hear Boatswain talking to the storm, "Blow till thou burst thy wind." This personifies the tempest, making it a character. This line is very important because later on in the play we find out that the storm was in fact...

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