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(act 1) 1st event that brought Prospero and Miranda to the island. Prospero and his wife rule as Duke and Duchess of Milan. (Act2nd event that brought Prospero and Miranda to the island. Their only child, Miranda, is born. 3rd…

The globe, 2013, roger Allam Roger allam gave a profoundly paternalistic performance of Prospero. Struggling to let Miranda go Paris, 1983, Giorgio strehler This director played Caliban as a black slave resentful of Prospero’s colonisation Royal Shakespeare theatre, 2016, Simon…

A3 S1 ” Enter Ferdinand bearing a log” Romantic dance. Courtly love? Ferdinand must prove he is worthy to Prospero for Miranda’s hand in marriage. Prospero’s revenge, knowing full well who Ferdinand is the son of, enjoying making him work…

Arguably plays the most significant role in the play… – controls the fate of all other characters – his name means ‘fortunate’ or ‘prosperous’ Lost his Dukedom because… he failed to recognise his brother’s ambition and because he neglected his…

Act 1. Scene 1. Line 366 – 388. You taught me language, and my profit on’tIs i know hot to curse. The red plague rid youFor larning me your language! Act 3 Scene 1. Lines 1 – 7. There be…

I am your wife, if you will marry me III.i.85 Miranda to Ferdinand, when he is carrying logs The very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly to your service, there resides to make me slave to it,…

Monologue long piece of dialogue in a play by one character with others on stage that could hear him or her Soliloquy long piece of dialogue in a play by one character alone on stage or with others but only…

“‘Tis not unknown to you Antonio,/How much I have disabled mine estate/By something showing a more swelling port/Than my faint means would grant continuance” (1.1.122-125) Bassanio “My purse, my person, my extremest means/Lie all unlocked in your occasion” (1.1.138-139) Antonio…

Hates any man the thing he would not kill? Shylock The quality of mercy is not strain’d,It droopeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blest;It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:Tis mightiest…

cultural issue -jews were moneylenders and often demonized-women expected to be submissive stage history portrayal of shylock changed throughout years time period sixteenth century (1500s) A1S1 Bassanio asks to borrow money from Antonio, who is sad (no one knows why).…