(I.1.): What are the stage directions of the tempest? | ‘A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning’ |
(I.1.): What does the Boatswain say in the middle of the tempest? | ‘What cares these roarers for the name of the king’ |
(I.1.): Analyse: ‘What cares these roarers for the name of the king’: | Boatswain challenges Great Chain of Being – all the same to the storm – but they’re not – some are more important to Prospero – is Shakespeare legitimising such oppressive class structures? |
(I.1.): What classicist thing does Gonzalo say during the tempest to those working on the boat? | ‘Make the rope of his destiny our cable’ |
(I.1.): Analyse: ‘Make the rope of his destiny our cable’: | – Gonzalo – rope of ship and noose – shows his classicism and arguably his wisdom as he reaches for metaphors in times of crisis |
(I.1.): What does Antonio say to the Boatswain? | ‘Hang … you whoreson, insolent noisemaker’ |
(I.1.): ‘Hang … you whoreson, insolent noisemaker’. What does Antonio’s language suggest here? | Lack of true nobility |
(I.1.): Who says ‘Hang … you whoreson, insolent noisemaker’ to the Boatswain? | Antonio |
(I.1.): How does Gonzalo describe the ship? | ‘Leaky as an unstanched wench’ |
(I.1.): Analyse: ‘Leaky as an unstanched wench’: | derogatory comment on women and menstruation |
(I.2) What does Miranda say when she sees the ship in the Tempest? | ‘O, I have suffered … with those that I saw suffer’ |
(I.2) What does Prospero say to Miranda about the intention of all his actions? | ‘I have done nothing but in care of thee’ |
(I.2) What does Prospero say to check Miranda’s (and the audience’s) engagement in his expatiation of the backstory? | ‘Dost thou attend me?’ |
(I.2) What pet name does Prospero give Miranda at the end of the back story explanation? | ‘Cherubin’ |
(I.2): How does Prospero liken looking back to? | ‘In the dark backward and abysm of time’ |
(I.2):Analyse: ‘In the dark backward and abysm of time’: | (Prospero to Miranda -)’backwards’ and ‘abysm’ are hendiadys – more jarring or syntax may suggest Prospero’s agitation at events. ‘Backward and abysm’ are known as Hendiadys -> too closely related nouns joined by ‘and’ rather than using one as an adjective -> syntax shows agitation |
(I.2): What does Ariel say to Prospero on entry? | ‘All hail great master’ |
(I.2): How does Prospero show care to those in the Tempest? | ‘But are they, Ariel, safe?’ |
(I.2): What does Prospero say to Ariel’s request for liberty? | ‘Before the time be out? No more!’ |
(I.2): What does Prospero call Ariel when Ariel asks for his liberty? | ‘Malignant thing’ |
(I.2):What does Prospero remind Ariel of when Ariel asks for his liberty? | ‘Hast thou forgot the foul witch Sycorax’ |
(I.2):What does Prospero immediately describe Caliban as? | ‘A freckled whelp, hag-born – not honoured with … a human shape’ |
(I.2):How does Miranda refer to Caliban? | ‘A villian … I do not love to look on’ |
(I.2):On what grounds does Caliban claim that the island is his? | ‘This island’s mine, by Sycorax my mother’ |
(I.2):How does Caliban describe his relationship with Prospero before the attempted rape of Miranda? | ‘And then I loved thee, I showed thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle’ |
(I.2): What does Prospero accuse Caliban of? | ‘Violate the honour of my child’ |
(I.2):What does Miranda immediately think of Ferdinand? | ‘A thing divine’ |
(II.1)How does Gonzalo describe Sebastian’s failure to have any sympathy towards the King in the face of his grief? | ‘Rub the sore’ |
(II.1)’Rub the sore’. Contextualise: | Gonzalo describes Sebastian’s failure to have any sympathy towards the king |
(II.1)How does Antonio try to convince Sebastian that regicide is his idea? | ‘And yet methinks I see it in thy face’ |
(II.1)’And yet methinks I see it in thy face’.Contextualise: | Antonio trying to convince Sebastian that regicide is his idea |
(II.2):How does Caliban enter according to stage directions? | with a ‘noise of thunder’ |
(II.2):with a ‘noise of thunder’. Contextualise: | Caliban’s entrance to stage according to stage directions |
(II.2):Analyse: with a ‘noise of thunder’: | Pathetic fallacy. Perhaps he is one with nature -> dark earth |
(II.2): What does Trinculo say about the gains he could make off Caliban? | ‘Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me a piece of silver’ |
(II.2):Analyse: ‘Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me a piece of silver’: | He speaks of how he could exhibit Caliban for holiday crowds and would get a lot of money from it.Contextually such affairs like this were common up until the 20th century for those that appeared unusualTrope of physiognomy – Caliban’s frightful appearance may be representative of a flawed character in Trinculo’Fish’ = dehumanising |
(II.2):How is Caliban overly obedient to Stephano? | ‘I will kiss thy foot’ |
(II.2):Who says ‘I will kiss thy foot’, to who? | Caliban to Stephano |
(III.1):How do Ferdinand and Miranda become engaged? | ‘I am your wife, if you will marry me’ |
(III.2):How does Stephano regard Caliban? | ‘servant monster’ |
(III.2):What does Trinculo refer to Caliban as? | ‘Puppy-headed monster’ |
(III.2): How does Caliban show an intellectual understanding of the world around him? | ‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises’ and ‘That when i walked/I cried to dream again’ |
(III.3):How does Alonso begin to show an element of redemption? | he cares for Gonzalo: ‘Sit down and rest’ |
(III.3):How does Sebastian react to the spirits around him? | ‘living drollery’ |
(III.3):Analyse: ‘living drollery’: | Sebastian – a comic puppet show. Alludes to Prospero but also shows he does not wish to take the spirits seriously and develop |
(III.3):How does Ariel refer himself and Prospero when a harpy? | ‘and (his) fellows are ministers of fate’ |
(III.3):How Ariel refer to the three men when a harpy? | ‘three men of sin’ |
(III.3):How does Alonso describe himself as suicidal when fearing the death of his son? | ‘I’ll seek him deeper than e’er plummet sounded’ |
(III.3):Analyse: ‘I’ll seek him deeper than e’er plummet sounded’: | – Alonso is suicidal and happy to drown like his son. Perhaps actually sorry? Responds violently as he is being ‘taught’ his lesson aggressively. |
(IV.1):What does Prospero say to Ferdinand coming up to the wedding about Miranda? | ‘Worthily purchased, take my daughter’ |
(IV.1):What two key references to meta theatre does Prospero make in his speech in act 4? | ‘These our actors’ and ‘The great globe itself’ |
(IV.1):How does Pospero describe Caliban in reference to the nature/nurture debate? | ‘A devil, a born devil, on whose nature can never stick’ |
(IV.1):How does Prospero summon Ariel? | ‘Come with a thought’ |
(IV.1):What does Prospero begin to end his metatheatre speech with? | ‘If you be pleased, retire into my cell’ |
(IV.1):Analyse: ‘If you be pleased, retire into my cell’: | Desperation to escape. A cell also refers to a monk’s room and brings with it connotations of humility and simple religious living. Return to Christian morals -> punishment of magic -> repentance for sins -> contrasts masque. |
(IV.1): What does Caliban advise to Trinculo and Stephano? | ‘Be patient for the prize’ |
(IV.1):What does Prospero reference in his metatheatre speech suggesting a theatrical death? | ‘To still my beating heart’ |
(IV.1):Analyse: ‘To still my beating heart’ | Theatrical death. Prospero thinks with his mind not heart -> power over daughter |
(V.1): What does Ariel say to Prospero to evoke sympathy for the nobles? | ‘Mine would, sir, if i were human’ |
(V.1): ‘Mine would, sir, if i were human’. Contextualise: | Ariel tells Prospero that if he were to see the nobles he would have sympathy, when questioned by Prospero, Ariel replies that he would also if he were human |
(V.1): What does Prospero say of his brother? | ‘Whom to call brother would even infect my mouth, I do forgive thy rankest fault’ |
(V.1):Analyse: ‘Whom to call brother would even infect my mouth, I do forgive thy rankest fault’: | Still spiteful! Also playing god by pardoning regicide |
(V.1):What dark magic does Prospero reference in his speech? | ‘Graves at my command’ |
(V.1):’Graves at my command’. Contextualise: | In this speech Shakespeare roughly translates a passage from Ovid, originally spoken by witch Medea -> association with black magic |
(V.1):What does Prospero promise to do with his instruments of magic? | ‘This airy charm is for, I’ll break my staff bury it certain fathoms in earth’ |
(V.1):Analyse: ‘This airy charm is for, I’ll break my staff bury it certain fathoms in earth’: | Air = Ariel, Earth = Caliban |
(V.1):What does Prospero say of his magical knowledge now he seeks a Christian redemption? | ‘Now useless, boiled within thy skull’ |
(V.1):Analyse: ‘Now useless, boiled within thy skull’: | Alchemical reference -> turning base metals into gold. Tempest actually means shifting of impurities or a mixture -> impure souls? -> repentance?. Prospero’s intentions to achieve Gold (represents power)?. Spiritual transformation. Thought that alchemy could only be achieved with all the four elements – caliban as earth, Ariel as air, sea as water, and logs/ariels flames for fire |
(V.1):What does Ariel reveal that illustrates how far from human he is? | ‘Where the bee sucks, there suck I’ |
(V.1):What does Prospero say of Ariel when granting him his freedom? | ‘That’s my dainty Ariel. I shall miss thee’ |
(V.1):How does Miranda give permission for him to cheat? | ‘Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, and I would call it fair play’ |
(V.1):How does Miranda react to the other nobles? | ‘How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world’ |
(V.1):How does Prospero accept some responsibility over Caliban? | ‘This thing of darkness I … acknowledge as mine’ |
(V.1):What does Caliban promise to Prospero? | that he’ll ‘be wise hereafter/And seek for grace’ |
(Epilogue):What does Prospero acknowledge about his magic? | ‘Now my charms are all o’erthrown’ |
(Epilogue):How does Prospero describe the island in his absence? | bare island’ |
(Epilogue):Analyse: bare island’: | Sees the island as nothing without him – colonial |
The Tempest: Quotes
July 16, 2019