Act 1 Flashcards
“Your tale sir, would cure ……”?
“Deafness”- Miranda
What does Miranda say about the way Caliban spoke before they taught him English?
“Gabble like a thing more brutish”
“………., for nothing natural I ever saw so noble”?
“A thing divine”- Miranda
“Prospero, master of ………”
“A full, poor cell”- prospero
What physical action does Prospero take to be equal with Miranda when talking to her?
[His cloak is laid aside] (stage direction)
“Obey, and ……….”
“Be attentive”- Prospero
What does prospero refer to caliban as?
“Caliban, my slave”
What does Prospero call Ferdinand when first meeting him?
“Speak not for him: he’s a traitor”
“Great ……., ………. Sir”?
“Great master, grave sir”- ariel
What physical things does Ariel say he does for Prospero?
“To fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride…”
Why does Ariel say “I will be correspondent to command”
As he is afraid of Prospero’s abilities, Prospero echoed the threat of Sycorax to Ariel: “into a cloven pine…imprisoned”
What does Ariel say to complain about the amount of work he has to do?
“Is there more toil?”
“With ravens………..from…………”
“With ravens feather from unwholesome fen”- caliban
What does Caliban claim as his own because his Mother had it first?
“This islands mine by Sycorax my mother”
How does Caliban profit from being taught language by Prospero and Miranda?
“You taught me language, and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse”
“Good …….. have …………………sons”
“Good wombs have born bad sons”- Miranda
What is the result of Antonio asking Alonso to help usurp prospero
“Subject his coronet to his crown”- Naples has more power than milan
What does Prospero say that Antonio becomes because of his ambition and greed to be in charge?
“Absolute Milan”
“A brother should be so ………..”
“Perfidious”- Prospero
Why does Prospero believe him and Miranda survived?
“By providence divine”
Why does Ferdinand state “myself am Naples”?
As he believes that his father had died and therefore, he is now king
What is Ferdinand willing to give up to love Miranda?
His freedom as Prospero will imprison him, “space enough have I in such a prison”
What does Ferdinand claim he is “the best” at?
“I ma the best of them who speak this speech”
What is Ferdinand’s one condition for Miranda to make her Queen of Naples?
“O, if a virgin”
“Who cares these roarers for………….”?
“The name of the king?”- Boatswain
How does Alonso try to take charge on the ship?
“Where’s the master? Play the men”
“A pox o’your throat you………..”?
“Bawling, blasphemous incharitable dog”- Sebastian to the Boatswain
“In my false brother, awaked ……….”?
“An evil nature”- Prospero
What does Miranda accuse Prospero about at the very start of act 1 scene 1?
“If by your art, my dearest Father, you have put the wild waters in this roar”
