Act 1 scene 2 Flashcards
how does miranda refer to Prospero
‘if by your art, my dearest father’
- introduction to prospers magic
-shows affection towards Prospero
miranda empath
‘O, I have suffered with those that I saw suffer’
-emotinally dramatic
-exclamative
miranda ‘heart’
‘O, the cry did knock against my very heart’
-compassionate
-naive?
Proper “I have…”
‘I have done nothing but in care of thee’
-protective father
prosperos magic
‘my magic garment’
-theme of clothing
-his magic comes from objects
‘[miranda assists Prospero; las his clock aside]’ - switching into is fatherly role
prospero assures miranda none of them are hurt
‘No, not so much perdition as an hair’
-biblical allusion to Luke 12:7, God loves us so much all our hairs are numbered’
Sit down for…
‘Sit down or thou must know thou father’
-imperative order
-pun, doule meaning
-miranda is dominated by Prospero as she ‘sits down’ showing power imbalance
‘obey…’
‘obey and be attentive’
-strict parents
-imperative order
-paranoid
‘what sees…’
‘what sees thou else in the dark backward abysm of time’
-rich imagery
-metaphorical
-prospero is dominating the dialogue
‘thy mother…’
‘thy mother was a piece of virtue’
-objectifying
-women are spoken for
-she was faithful, didn’t sleep with other men
‘being transported…
‘being transported And rapt in secret studies’
-prospero
-Prospero was usurped, not GOOD RULER AS HE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON MAGIC
‘the ivy…’
‘the ivy which had hid my princely trunk and sucked my verdure out on’t- thou attend’st not!’
PROSPERO
-‘princley’ he thinks highly of himself
-anotonio was the ivy that smothered Prospero and his ruling
-prospero need to be heard
‘So dear…’
‘so dear the love my people bore me’
PROSPERO
-arrogant
-deluded and cocky
‘O, a cherubin…’
‘O, a cherubin[…] thou didst smile, infused with a fortitude from heaven’
-heavenly connotations
-miranda portrayed of angelic figure
‘thou art inclined…’
‘thou art inclined to sleep[…] I know thou canst not choose’
PROSPERO
-controlling father
-is he using his marriage to send her to sleep??
‘all hail…’
‘all hail great master, grave sir, hail!
ARIEL
-subservient
-dramatic language
Ariel, and…’
‘Ariel, and all his quality’
ARIEL
-3rd person, doesn’t own himself
‘the most mighty…’
‘the most. mighty Neptune seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble’
ARIEL
-personification
-magic power over nature
-metaphor
-Ariel stage manages illusion of fire
‘hell is…’
‘hell is empty and all the devils are here’
ARIEL
-prosperos revenge
-parallel to prosperous banishment
-biblical connotations
‘thou foul…’
‘thou foul, malignant thing. hast thou forgot The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?
PROSPERO
-agressive
-typical portarayal of a witch, she is hinted over and old
-repetition, ranting
-guild tripping
‘that damned witch Sycorax’
‘thou know’st was banished’ parallel to Prospero but she was a women
‘into a….’
‘into a cloven pine, within which rift imprisoned thou didst painfully remain A dozen years’
PROSPERO
-Ariel was trapped in a tree for 12 years by Sycorax until Prospero set his free
‘save for…’
‘save for the son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp, hag born- not honoured with human shape’
PROSPERO
-caliban a animal, animalistic language
-‘my slave’
-‘poisonous slave, got by the devil himself’
‘thou shalt…’
‘thou shalt have cramps, side stitches’
PROSPERO
-uses magic to cause pain
