Act 1 Sc. 1

Question 1

‘Tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning’

Answer 1

AO1/2:
- pathetic fallacy: ‘Tempestuous’ - chaotic, turmoil, unruly, uncontained.
represents the chaos and turmoil of shifting power dynamics
- chaos that ensues when the G.C.B is subverted
- disruption of social hierarchy embodied through the destructive environment
- stage directions = AO5: Prospero as a stage director

Question 2

‘take in the topsail’, ‘Tend to..’, ‘keep below’, ‘silence’

Answer 2

• reflects the shifting power dynamics
• imperatives spoken by a lower class character challenges idea of nobility = authority as people should assume roles based on skill not societal authority

Question 3

‘blow till thy burst thy wind…’

Answer 3

• eco-critical perspective = challenges the storm & tries to exert power over it
• man vs nature - ultimately man can never wholly master nature = this is subverted through teh characterisation of P which would indicate thathe is highly ambitous but his actions are damaging bc they upset the natural balance of power

Question 4

‘what care these roarers for the name of king’

Answer 4

• man vs nature - nature doesn’t abide by societal rules

Question 5

’ a pox ‘o your throat you…’ - Seb.

‘hang, you….’ - Ant.

Answer 5

-1. ‘…bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog’
- 2. ‘….whoreson insolent noisemaker’
vulgar language - an attempt to dominate - lowers his moral status indicating that js bc one is of noble status doesn’t mean they are of noble morals
- abusive language - indicates fear, creates villainous impression of the courtly party

Question 6

Stage directions: Enter… & Exit

Answer 6

Continuous exits and entrances from diff characters of diff social ranks - metaphor/symbolism for society
- each tries to fulfil the power vacuum - all are in pursuit of ultimate power & authority - XP social commentary

Question 7

‘the ship were…as leaky as an unstanched wench’

Answer 7

AO1/2: Casual Jacobean sexism & misogyny as the boat is feminised = underlines recurring idea of woman as property
Ship as a metaphor for society as the simile suggests instability, disrepair = the crumbling state of society at large which will be renewed through the storm (upheaval of societal roles)