Act 1 Scene 1

Question 1

“Good Boatswain […] Master? […]”

Answer 1

• Alonso to the boatswain and Mariners
  -“Good Boatswain, have care. Where’s the Master? Play the Men!”
  -Has ceded power momentarily to the master of the boat
  -Shakespeare is examining the roles and the exercise of power in these roles. The most powerful people are helpless against the crew

Question 2

“What cares these […]?”

Answer 2

-Boatswain
-“What cares these roarers for the name of king?”
-the storm does not discriminate against power and status- everyone is equal
-you cannot command or control nature

Question 3

“Make the rope of his […]”

Answer 3

-Gonzalo
-“Make the rope of his destiny our cable”
-if he does not die in the storm, he will have him hanged
-pre-determination

Question 4

“A pox o’your throat […]

Answer 4

-Sebastian
-“A pox o’your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!”
-plosive alliteration, spitting an insult
-angry at the uprise of the lower class and assertiveness

Question 5

“If you can command […] present […] Out of our way, i say!”

Answer 5

-Boatswain
-“if you can command these elements to silence and work peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more”
-sarcasm
-imperative
-the key here is command the elements because Prospero can command the elements with his magic

Question 6

“All lost! […] All lost”

Answer 6

-Mariners
-“All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!”
-they have lost every last string of hope
-this storm has driven them to prayers, despair, and to the edge of what they think is the abyss

Question 7

“The wills above […]”

Answer 7

-Gonzalo
-“the wills above be done, but i would faint die a dry death”
-prays to a divine authority to have “an acre of barren ground”