Act 3, Scene 2 162 Flashcards

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Notes

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Comic scene and duo, parallels Act 2 Scene 2.
Murderous subplot.

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Trinculo pp 162

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“If th’other two brained like is. the state totters”- “state totters”- social critique of government and political system.

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notes pp 165

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Shifting of chain of being.
Stephano- 1. Caliban- 2. Trincluo- 3.
Revising the corruption of power.

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notes pp 171

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Caliban echoes colonialism, raised with Italian ideals, the Italian wine is indoctrinating Caliban.

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Caliban pp 170

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“Having first seiz’d his book”- Violent suggestion suggests Prospero’s lack of power.
“Remember first to possess his books, for without them He’s but a sot”- Draws parallel between humanity and equality.
“Which, when he has a house, he’ll deck withal”- Back to Italy.

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Caliban pp 170 about M

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“Ay, lord, she will become thy bed.”- ugly, vulgar commodification with animalistic connotations. Metaphor. Reflects sexist ideologies of the era.

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Stephano pp 172

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“His daughter and I will be king and queen”- sexism, Caliban in the ascendant position- disrupts chain of being. Ao3- sycophancy of the Jacobean court.

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