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What is the Central theme of Act I of “The Tragedy of Macbeth”? Betrayal “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and other Elizabethan plays represented a radical shift in English drama because they were? not about religious themes Based upon the information…

What is the point of the first scene (literally) and in reference to the whole play? Literally, the witches are deciding when they shall meet again. As the beginning of the EXPOSITION, this scene sets the mood for the entire…

Alonso’s losses “My son is lost and (in my rate) she too” Claribel’s marriage “That would not bless ou Europe with your daughter But rather loose her to an African”-Sebastian Claribel’s views towards her imoending marriage “weighed between loathness and…

This islands mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak’st from me Caliban ‘thy vile race… deservedly confined into this rock’ Prospero but would give a piece of silver Trinculo makes this place paradise Ferdinand ‘O King Stephano… look what…

“What cares these roarers for the name of king?” – Boatswain, ACT I SCENE I (16) AO1 – The king is powerless against the elements/natural world.AO2 – roarers (polysemic) = violent waves OR unruly people → suggesting the natural world…

Caliban Who said this quote? How would this be spoken today?:___________: “A plague upon the tyrant I serve!”Modern-Day Translation: I wish some horrible sickness would come to my master, who treats me like a slave. Trinculo Who said this quote?…

ca 1505-10 Giorgione, The Tempest (year) – oil on canvas- 2′ 7″ x 2′ 4 3/4″ Giorgione, The Tempest (materials/size) -Galleria dell’ Accademia, Venice-“Ut Pictura Poesis” As is painting so is poetry allegory that speaks about life itself – the…

“I’th’ commonwealth I would by contraries/ Execute all things” (Page 74) The speaker is Gonzalo. The literal translation is–on the island I would rule everything differently. This quote represents the theme of utopia. Gonzalo is explaining what the island would…

“Oh I have suffered with those that I saw suffer” (1.2 5-6) -Miranda-shows her compassion, empathy, naivety, wants Prospero to stop storm, doesn’t know the people on the boat or their story “The island’s mine by Sycorax, my mother which…

The ‘Golden Age’ of discovery was at its peak in the 1600s and the play is clearly influenced by some of the remarkable voyages made by European explorers, travellers and seafarers. Enterprising traders realised what profit could be made by…