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
‘the islands…’
‘the islands mine by Sycorax my mother, Which thou takes from me’
CALIBAN
-collonilism
-link to his knowledge of the island
-talks in blank verse noble savage
‘And then I loved….’
‘and then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o’th’isle
CALIBAN
-pathos- contacting easier speech
-feel sorry for him
‘for I am….’
‘for I am all the subjects that you have,’
CALIBAN
-mocks prospero for losing his dukedom
‘in mine own cell…’
‘in mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate The hounour of my child’
PROSPERO
-Tried to rape Miranda
‘I had peopled….’
‘I had peopled else This isle with calibans’
CALIBAN
-primitve motivation, wants to breed
-start a new race
‘BUT THY VILE…’
‘but thy vile race -‘
PROSPERO
-race makes him evil
racist insult
‘you taught me….’
‘you taught me lagunage, and my profit on’t / Is I know how to curse. The red plauge rid you / For learning me your language
CALIBAN
-negative connotation
-colonialism
-language
‘Full fathom…’
‘full fathom five thy father lies thy father lies / of his bones are coral made / those are pearls that were his eyes’
ARIEL
- Song to Ferdinand
-telling him his father is dead, lying
‘I might call him…’
‘I might call him / a thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble
MIRANDA
-love at first sight
-sematic field of the supernatural
-comes across naive
‘heavens!…’
‘heavens!/ I am the best of them that speak the speech’
FERDINAND
-I am the kind now, proving himself
-alonso not actually dead
-usurpation
‘this is the third…’
‘this is the third man that e’er I saw ; the first/ that e’er I sighed for.’
MIRANDA
-sheltered life
-parallism, structures echo each other
‘leset too light winning…’
‘leset too light winning makes the prize light’
PROSPERO
-needs to make it more difficult for Ferdinand to have miranda, so he will value her more
-worried Ferdinand won’t value her if he wins her too easily
-manipulating them facing in love?
-OBJECTIFICATION OF MIRANDA
‘nothing ill…’
‘nothing ill can dwell in such a temple’
MIRANDA
-hyperbolic metaphor
-because he’s beautiful on the outside he must be beautiful on the inside also.
-naive
‘hes gentle and…’
‘hes gentle and not fearfil’
MIRANDA
-protecting Ferdinand from prosper so he doesn’t punish him
-compassionate
