The tempest is a shakespearean romance (or "tragi-comedy), in which a happy ending comes only after characters have faced daunting challenges. the ending restores order and seems happy, but there are strains in that happiness. describe one element of discord and explain how this element complicates the happy ending. respond in at least 4-6 complete sentences.

Miranda and Ferdinand's playing a game of chess and Miranda's accusation that Ferdinand has cheated are ill omens for the future.

Explanation:

In the final act of Shakespeare's “Tempest” Miranda and Ferdinand are playing a game of chess. Miranda innocently accuses Ferdinand of cheating in the game: “Sweet lord, you play me false”. Playing a game of chess and accusation of cheating are bad omens with possibilities of future conflicts arising in their family. Chess is game of regicide and Ferdinand is future king, so the reader has a sense that although the previous conflicts have been resolved happily, but some new conflict are in the making.

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.