ACT 3 SCENE 2 Flashcards
‘thou liest…’
thou liest, most ignorant monster; […] why thou diboushed fish thou
TRINCULO
-jelous that caliban serves Stephano
-stephano defends caliban
‘Let me…’
‘let me lick thy shoe’
\CALIBAN
- Subservient
‘I am subject to…;’
‘I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer , that/ by his cunning hath cheated me of the island’
CALIBAN
-aware of prosperos mistreatment
-Ariel then enters and pretends to be Stephano
‘I say by sorcery…’
‘I say by sorcery he got this isle ;/ from me he got it’
CALIBAN
- used his magic for bad reasons
- theme of colonisation
-presentation of prospero
-‘thou shall be lord of it, and ill serve thee’ (caliban) he wants Stephano to be king of the island
‘thou mayest knock…’
‘thou mayest knock a nail into his heaad’
CALIBAN
-comic subplot
-usurpation by killing prosper whilst he’s asleep
‘the isle is full…’
‘the isle is full of noises / sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not’
CALIBAN
-eloquent language for a monster
-speaks in verse, educated
-at one with nature
‘when I waked…’
‘when I waked/ I cried to dream again’
CALIBAN
-his dreams are better than reality