One page per week. Fill it out during the Laboratory phase, after Observation and Cipher but before Dialectic. Your Synthesis at the bottom is what your instructor checks first — if you can't write it yet, the page above it isn't finished. Keep every completed week; by Week 12 you'll be citing your own earlier pages without being told to.
| Character | Stated Rank | Still Functions Ashore? |
|---|---|---|
Name one real disruption where credentialed authority failed while competence didn't. What was the mechanism?
| Group | Cut Off From | Decision Affected | How It Would Differ With Counsel |
|---|---|---|---|
Find a real case where cutting a leader off from advisors worsened their judgment. State the mechanism of isolation, separate from any physical force. Cite one line.
Chokepoint Diagram: Sketch the island's resources and who controls passage to each. Circle the smallest thing the system cannot route around.
Name a real monopoly and its actual chokepoint. Explain the difference between holding territory and holding a chokepoint. Cite one line.
| Information | First to Know | Action Taken | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
Is Ariel's power technological, relational, or both? Defend with one line.
| Poverty (Material Exclusion) | Discontentment (Dignity Denied) |
|---|---|
Where does Caliban's exclusion stop being unjust and become a security risk? Are poverty and discontentment the same problem? Cite one line.
| Real Grievance | Weaponizing Language | What the Language Adds |
|---|---|---|
Name a real slogan and run the same table on it. Can a grievance be entirely real and still be exploited through bad language?
Appetite Map: What does the banquet promise the royal party — appetite, not information? What changes the moment they believe it?
State the difference between controlling information and controlling appetite. Cite one line.
Timeline: Track Ferdinand's attitude at three points — start, middle, and when Miranda intervenes.
Is this coercion with a gentler face, or genuinely different in kind? Cite the moment shared struggle binds Ferdinand to the new order.
Test the Claim: If the royal party stopped believing Ariel was watching, what would change — even if actual surveillance continued unchanged?
Is the power here surveillance, or belief in surveillance? Cite one line.
| Variable Pushed | What Broke | Corresponding Play Moment |
|---|---|---|
Name the one variable that, if removed, collapses the whole balance. Cite one line.
Ceremony Analysis: Choose a real institutional ceremony you've witnessed. What is it training the audience to feel, underneath its stated purpose?
What does Prospero's masque train the court to feel about the coming transfer of power? Cite one line.
Timing Log: Find the specific earlier moment Prospero could have acted and chose to wait. What did the delay gain him?
State the general principle of timed leverage using this delay as evidence. Cite one line.
| What Revenge Would Cost/Gain | What Mercy Gains Toward the Return to Milan |
|---|---|
Defend mercy as a calculated decision, not a moral reflex. Cite one line.
Institution Test: Name a real institution you admire. What would have to be true for its founder to walk away entirely without it collapsing? Is that true of it now?
What has to be true of Prospero's arrangement for him to break the staff and mean it? Cite one line.
This week does not use a worksheet. Prepare your "Prospero Strategy" using the specific mechanics you've cited across Weeks 1–14 — see the separate Capstone Rubric for format. Bring your completed pages; you will be expected to cite them.