act 4 scene 1

Question 1

‘then as my gift…’

Answer 1

‘then as my gift, and thine own acquisition / worthily purchased
PROSPERO
-sees miranda as a object, or pawn

Question 2

‘some vanity…’

Answer 2

‘some vanity of mine art’
PROSPERO
-proud of his magic, masque

Question 3

what gods/ goddesses are at the masque ?

Answer 3

IRIS( fertility and rainbow
-CERES (harvest)
-juno (goddess of love and marriage)
-venus (godets of love, ad her sone cupid)
-they are prospero spirits

Question 4

‘this is strange..’

Answer 4

‘this is strange. your fathers in some passion/ That works him strongly’
FERIDNAND
-recognises prosperos breakdown

Question 5

‘are revels are now…’

Answer 5

‘our revels are now ended’
PROSPERO
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Question 6

‘the great..’

Answer 6

‘the great globe itself […] shall dissolve’
PROSEPRO
-refrence to theatre

Question 7

’ we are such stuff…’

Answer 7

‘we are such stuff that dreams are made on; and our little life/ is rounded with sleep’
PROSPERO
-metatheatre
-recognision of human frailty
-broken fragility of prosperos state

Question 8

‘my old…’

Answer 8

‘my old brain is troubled . / be not disturbed with my infirmity’
PROSPERO
-contrast to beginning of speech
-he is shattered and he knows it
-‘still my beating mind’- moment of breakthrough

Question 9

‘A devil…’

Answer 9

‘A devil, a born devil, on whose nature / Nurture can never stick’
PROSPERO
-sees caliban as inherently bad
-post colonial reading

Question 10

‘let it alone..’

Answer 10

‘let it alone, thou fool, it is but trash’
CALIBAN
-europeans superficial intrest in clothing
-clothing is a sign of western civilisation

Question 11

scene ends

Answer 11

with with prospero hinting caliban Trinculo caliban and Stephano with his spirits ‘let them be hunted soundly.
-‘shortly shall my labours end’- telling audience we are coming t the end of the play