| What is prospero doing in 3.2? | Making Ferdinand suffer before he can get Miranda |
| Crabbed | Morose |
| Ferdinand’s hyperbole | Says he carries logs 1,000 times |
| What does Miranda tell Ferdinand about him/ his job? | She says that such a menial job was never performed by such a noble person |
| What is wood a metaphor for? | Miranda (she says it will weep when burned for burdening Ferdinand) |
| What standard is Miranda breaking and why? | She offers to carry the wood because she doesn’t realize that that would be unacceptable in Venetian society to do labor |
| What does Ferdinand call Miranda and why | “Poor worm, they art infected”–> by calling her a worm, he is identifying her as the agent of his “sickness” (worms were thought to bring illness)/ love |
| How does Miranda disobey Prospero? Why did Prospero set this rule? | The tells Ferdinand her name; maybe Prospero thought that Ferdinand would remember the name and link it to the backstory and mess up Prospero’s plan |
| What does Miranda’s name mean? | To be wondered at |
| What is Miranda referring to when she talks about her modesty? | Purity and innocence |
| What is a dower | A dowry |
| Can Miranda and Ferdinand see Prospero in 3.1? | No ???? |
| what does Miranda say she wants to do if Ferdinand won’t marry her? | …She offers to be his slave… |
| what important event happens in 3.1? | Ferdinand and Miranda effectively get married–> their oaths to one another are the ceremony |
| Is Prospero glad Miranda and Ferdinand got married? Why/ why not? | Yes–> he’s a matchmaker and is proud of his work |
| Characters in 3.2 | CalibanStephanoTrinculo |
| What are Trunculo and Stephano trying to be sure of? | they want to see if Caliban is drunk enough |
| What does licking Stephano’s shoe indicate? | the extreme servitude Caliban complies with |
| What does Caliban look like? How are Trinculo and Staphano going to exploit this? | half fish, half monster (not human) –> they are preparing to use him as a freak show |
| What is odd about Trinculo’s actions? | he defends Caliban over Stephano, his best friend |
| Who starts the fight between Trinculo ans Stephano? | Ariel (talks in Trinculo’s voice) |
| Who hears Ariel the secons time she speaks as Trinculo? | only Stephano |
| murrain | plague |
| Conspiracy #2 | Caliban wants to kill Prospero–> he gets T and S to go along with it and tells them they can rape Miranda s some kind of incentive |
| Why does Caliban call Miranda a nonpereil? | nonpareil means she can’t be compared to anyone else |
| Who will be the king between Steph. and Trinc.? | Stephano= kingtrinculo and caliban = governors |
| How do S and T feel about Ariel’s music? | it scares them |
| Who are the characters in 3.3? | AlonsoSebastianAntonioGonzaloAdrian, Fransisco, etcWeird shapesHarpie |
| What does Gonzalo request? | to rest b/c be’s old and the winding paths tire him out |
| How does Alonso use personification in 3.3? | line: “He is drowned whom thus we stray to find, and the sea mocks our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go.” –> personifies the sea to show how hopeless the cause of finding his son feels |
| Why do the shapes bring food to the wanderers? | Prospero wants to taunt them with food to jab at them |
| What do the weird shapes look like? | puppets |
| What is the significance of Ariel’s speech as a harpie? | =a metaphor for the conscience–> she’s telling them they should feel guilty and opening up old wounds |
| With what does Ariel threaten the wanderers? | a slow destruction/ “lingering perdition” |
| What is Prospero’s mood in the end of 3.3? | he’s happy about his actions because now he has power over the royals just like they used to have power over them |
| About what is Gonzalo worried? | he’s afraid of what the “ecstacy” of Alonso’s, Antonio’s, and Sebastian’s guilt might make them do |
The Tempest: Act Three
July 27, 2019