After reading, respond to this prompt: In The Tempest, Shakespeare writes about a society ruled by a monarchy. In this
society, it was extremely difficult for members of the lower class to rise in social
status or power. Antonio and Sebastian are part of the monarchy, but they want to
rise even higher than their current positions. Describe how Antonio has advanced
and how Sebastian plans to advance in status and power. Then, explain how their
actions are mirrored in Act III in the subplot involving Stephano and Caliban.

Some cultural backgrounds have different superstitions or customs, this can play a part in how they decide things. superstitions are important to a culture for example, an asian culture has a superstition about women putting their purses on the ground their money will be gone, therefore people in that culture try everything they can to not let their purse touch the ground in fear of it being true. also like how we avoid walking under ladders in fear of bad luck. customs may also play a key role a custom also know as a tradition, is something people in the culture have been doing for generations as a quick example, if a family has a necklace that the family's mother passes it on to her daughter in so on it's a custom in that family.