ACT 1

Question 1

MORALITY/EDUCATION: When Ariel sucks up to Prospy

Answer 1

“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

Question 2

NATURE/POWER/ART
Ariel 1st appearance telling audience of shipwreck

Answer 2

“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

Question 3

MORALITY/EDUCATION
Compared to Ariel, how does Caliban speak to him?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

NATURE PREVAILS
Give a quote when Ariel sings the song to Ferdinand about his father’s death.

Answer 4

“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