| define spectacle | a visually striking performance or display |
| SPECTACLE ONE | ACT ONE SCENE ONE – STORM |
| a tempestuous | noise of thunder and lightning heard |
| a plague | upon this howling they are louder than the weather |
| antonio: we are less | afraid to be drowned than thou art |
| none that i love | more than myself |
| methinks he hath | no drowning mark upon him |
| stand fast | good Fate to his hanging |
| what cares these roarers for the name of king | cares these roarers for the name of king |
| you bawling | blasphemous incharitable dog |
| i pray now | keep below |
| if you can | command these elements to silence … use your authority |
| remember whom | thou hast aboard |
| g: our (COLLECTIVE PRONOUN) case | is as theirs |
| the wills above | be done but i would fain die a dry death |
| if by your | art my dearest father you have put the wild waters in this roar allay them |
| had i been any | God of power |
| a brave vessel | who had no doubt some noble creature in her dashed all to pieces |
| not so much | perdition as an hair |
| but are they, | ariel, safe? |
| i flamed | amazement |
| tricks of | desperation |
| a: not a hair | perished |
| weigh our sorrow | with our comfort |
| g to alonso: for the | miracle – i mean our preservation – few in millions can speak like us |
| SPECTACLE TWO | ACT THREE SCENE THREE – BANQUET/HARPY |
| sd: enter several | strange shapes, bringing in a banquet |
| seb: now i will believe that | there are unicorns |
| ant: travellers ne’er | did lie |
| g: these are people of the | island, who though they are of monstrous shape, yet note their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our human generation |
| al: i will meaning? | stand toi will begin eating |
| harpy: you are three | men of sin |
| sd: a s a d t s | alonso sebastian antonio draw their swords |
| h: you fools! I | and my fellows are ministers of fate |
| h: you three from | milan did supplant good prospero |
| ling’ring p | perdition – worse than any death can be at once – shall step by step attend you and your ways |
| upon your heads | – is nothing but heart’s sorrow and a clear life ensuing |
| p: bravely the figure | of this harpy has thou performed, my ariel; a grace it had devouring |
| mine enemies are all | knit up in their distractions. they are now in my power |
| al: that deep and dreadful | organ-pipe pronounced the name of prosper. it did bass my trespass |
| g: all three of them are | desperate. Their great guilt like poison given to work a great time after |
| SPECTACLE THREE | ACT FOUR SCENE ONE – MASQUE |
| I must bestow upon | the eyes of this young couple some vanity of mine art |
| p: no X! all X! be X! | no tongue! all eyes! be silent! |
| f: this is a most | majestic vision and harmonious charmingly |
| p: spirits which by | mine art i have from their confines called to enact my present fancies |
| so rare a wondered | father and a wife makes this place paradise |
| sd: the spiritswhy is this adverb used? | heavily vanishshows that the spirits were not meant to leave then – prospero “starts suddenly” when he remembers Caliban’s “foul conspiracy” |
| the baseless | fabric of this vision |
| insubstantial | pageant |
| SPECTACLE FOUR | ACT FOUR SCENE ONE – ‘TRUMPERY’ (FLASHY CLOTHES)/DOGS |
| the trumpery in | my house go bring it hither for stale to catch these thieves |
| sd: enter ariel laden | with glistering apparel etc. |
| t: look what a | wardrobe here is for thee |
| let it alone | thou fool it is but trash |
| do the | murder first |
| or i’ll turn you | out of my kingdom |
| let them be | hunted soundly |
| at this hour | lies at my mercy all mine enemies |
Spectacle in The Tempest
July 2, 2019