ACT 1 Flashcards
MORALITY/EDUCATION: When Ariel sucks up to Prospy
“All hail, great master, grave sir, hail!”
Repetition, exaggeration
Indicates submissive position
- good things come to those who conform, unlike caliban
- religious kinda thing??? Places P as God
“To fly, to swim, to live (…) to ride”
DYNAMIC
Monosyllabic, fragmented, rhythm of speech is all about movement
SPEED OF SPEECH MIMICS 1ST APPEARANCE OF ARIEL AND STORM - RHYTHMICALLY CHAOTIC
NATURE/POWER/ART
Ariel 1st appearance telling audience of shipwreck
“Jove’s lightning (…) the fire and cracks of sulphurous roaring the most mighty Neptune”
Trills in the sound - motoric effect for modern audience, reflects speed and dynamic
Hellish imagery, suffering, discomfort.
Speech unites Christian and classical worlds - foreshadowing unity????
In this relationship, Ariel is an extension of P’s will made only by the affinity of nature - MIMESIS !! Nature is only accessible through Ariel.
Ariel’s submission also seen when P says “infect” and A says “fever” - reflects
“Jove” - magic amplifies nature
LONG AND SHORT VOWELS - speech is disorientating, reflects how sailors couldn’t keep up with natural world
MORALITY/EDUCATION
Compared to Ariel, how does Caliban speak to him?
ACT 1.2
“You taught me language and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you for learning me your language!”
Both Ariel and Caliban are slaves, but C is treated worse
If you disagree, you are othered
Violent
NATURE PREVAILS
Give a quote when Ariel sings the song to Ferdinand about his father’s death.
“Full fathom five thy father lies, /
Of his bones are coral made; those are pearls that were his eyes”
-returns to nature, cyclical
Image of transformation
- fricative alliteration - musicality, music as a symbol of transformation
Caliban nature
“The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile”
1.2
Balanced perception of nature
Chiasmus of benign and malign nature
Prospero to Miranda
No harm. I have done nothing but in care of thee. Of thee, my dear one, thee, my daughter, who art ignorant of what thou art.
Ariel asks to be free
“Dost thou forget from what a torment I did free thee?”
P is active, A is passive
“Thou liest, MALIGNANT THING (…) Hast thou forgot her?”
Repetition, language used to call caliban
Tyrannical, very temperamental
“MY SLAVE”
What does P tell Miranda about his past
“Awaked an evil nature (…) good parent (…) falsehood (…) sinner”
Nature - key motif in the play, the essence of the character from birth
Calls Antonio evil by nature
Calls him “my brother” to make betrayal seem even worse
