Act 3 Sc. 3

Question 1

Summary of this act

Answer 1

This is the harpy scene in which Prospero begins to properly enact his revenge through Ariel. This is the point at which we can begin to question whether this is a play concerned with revenge or repentance.

Question 2

‘their great guilt like poison ..now ‘gins to bite the spirits’

Answer 2

AO1/2: ‘poison’ - infectious, all-consuming guilt. Perhaps indicative of the corrosive nature of immorality upon the spirit. Alternatively this ‘poison’ has been doled out by Prospero, perhaps reflecting how he wishes to ultimately inflict harm upon the three conspirators