Act 4 Scene 1

Question 1

Prospero - “Then as my g.. and thine own acq../Wo.. pur.., take my daughter. But/If thou dost break her v..-kn.. before/All s.. cer.. may/With full and holy rite be ministered,/No sw.. asp.. shall the heavens let fall/To make this co.. grow; but ba.. h..,/Sour-eyed d.. and d.. shall be../The union of your bed with w.. so l../That you shall h.. it both.”

Answer 1

“Then as my gift and thine own acquisition/Worthily purchased, take my daughter. But/If thou dost break her virgin-knot before all sanctimonious ceremonies may/With full and holy rite be ministered,/No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall/To make this contract grow; but barren hate,/Sour-eyed disdain and discord shall bestrew/The union of your bed with weeds so loathly/That you shall hate it both.” - money references, Miranda is a business offering, ideas about a woman’s virginity and religion, heavy threatening words repeated ‘d’ and ‘b’ sounds.

Question 2

Ferdinand - “..shall n.. me../Mine h.. into l.. to take away/The e.. of that day’s ce…..”

Answer 2

“…Shall never melt/Mine honour into lust to take away/The edge of that day’s celebration.” - promising Prospero he will not have sex with Miranda before marriage, courteous

Question 3

Prospero - F.. sp../Sit then and t.. with her; she is t.. o…”

Answer 3

“Fairly spoke/Sit then and talk with her; she is thine own.” - approving, Miranda has shifted from the custody of her father to her husband (context)

Question 4

Prospero - “..for I must/B.. upon the eyes of this y.. co../Some v.. of mine a..”

Answer 4

“…for I must/Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple/Some vanity of mine art.” - takes pride in his magical skills, wants to show off

Question 5

Ariel - “Do you l.. me, m..? No?”

Answer 5

“Do you love me, master? No?” - child-like affection, needs reassurance and affirmation from Prospero demonstrating his deep love and respect for his master

Question 6

Prospero - “D.., my d.. Ariel. Do not a../Till thou dost hear me call.”

Answer 6

“Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach/Till thou dost hear me call.” - returns Ariel’s affection suggesting their relationship is deeper than just master and servant, tone change back to authoritative

Question 7

Ferdinand - “The wh.. co.. v.. snow upon my heart/Abates the ar.. of my l..”

Answer 7

“The white cold virgin snow upon my heart/Abates the ardour of my liver.” - his heart’s chastity combats his liver’s passions (which was supposed to hold physical passions and desire)

Question 8

Iris (Masque) - “..And thy s..-m.., sterile and r..-h..,/Where thou thyself dost air - the q.. o’th’ s../Whose w.. a.. and m.. am I..”

Answer 8

”..And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,/Where thou thyself dost air - the queen o’th’ sky,/Whose watery arch and messenger am I..” - rhyme, nature imagery

Question 9

Iris (Masque) - “Here thought they to have done/Some w.. c.. upon this man and m../Whose vows are that no b..-r.. shall be p../Till H.. torch be l.., but in vain.”

Answer 9

“Here thought they to have done/Some wanton charm upon this man and maid,/Whose vows are that no bed-right shall be paid/Till Hymen’s torch be lighted, but in vain.” - ‘wanton charm’ Cupid’s arrows cause sexual desire, reinforces the importance of no sex before marriage.

Question 10

Ferdinand - “This is a most m.. vi.., and/H.. ch… May I be b../To think these sp..?”

Answer 10

“This is a most majestic vision, and/Harmonious charmingly. May I be bold/To think these spirits?” - amazed by Prospero’s magic abilities, enchanting semantic field

Question 11

SD - “Enter certain Reapers, properly habited. They join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance, towards the end whereof Prospero starts suddenly and speaks; after which to a strange hollow and confused noise, they heavily vanish.”

Answer 11

Presents Prospero as all powerful, moment of realisation and a change of tone from joyful to serious

Question 12

Prospero - [aside] “I had f.. that f.. conspiracy/Of the b.. C. and his confederates/A.. my l..”

Answer 12

[aside] “I had forgot that foul conspiracy/Of the beast Caliban and his confederates/Against my life.” - change in tone, refers to Caliban as a ‘beast’ but Ariel a ‘servant’

Question 13

Ferdinand - “This is st.. Your f.. in some pa../That w.. him st..”

Answer 13

“This is strange. Your father’s in some passion/That works him strongly.” - discrete stage direction as Prospero now looks troubled, metaphor

Question 14

Miranda - “N.. till this day/Saw I him t.. with an.. so dis…”

Answer 14

“Never till this day/Saw I him touched with anger so distempered.” - the first time she has spoken after getting married and she is talking about her father, finishes Ferdinand’s sentence showing they are in unison, metaphor, this sentence suggests she is naive and hasn’t seen her father angry because he hides it from her or she could be lying to Ferdinand about Prospero’s anger to hide it from him (alternative interpretation)

Question 15

Prospero - “These our ac..,/As I f…. you, were all sp.. and/Are m.. into a.., th.. a..;/And - like the b… fab.. of this vision -/The c..-ca.. towers, the g… palaces,/The s.. temples, the g.. gl.. itself,/Yea, all which it in.., shall d..”

Answer 15

“These our actors/As I foretold you, were all spirits and/Are melted into air, thin air;/And - like the baseless fabric of this vision -/The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,/The solemn temples, the great globe itself,/Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve..” - may refer to Prospero letting go of Miranda and his magic but it may also refer to Shakespeare giving up his art in playwrighting, may be a description of London and ‘great globe’ may be the globe theatre or the world, dream-like semantic field

Question 16

Prospero - “We are such s../As d.. are m.. on, and our l.. li../Is r.. with sl..”

Answer 16

“We are such stuff/As dreams are made on, and our little life/Is rounded with sleep.” - dream like, calm semantic field

Question 17

Ferdinand and Miranda - “We w.. your pe..”

Answer 17

“We wish your peace” - they both say this at the same time showing they are in unison

Question 18

Ariel - “I th.. to have told thee of it, but I f../Lest I might a.. thee”

Answer 18

“I thought to have told thee of it, but I feared/Lest I might anger thee.” - either he doesn’t want to ruin Prospero’s happy moment of his daughter’s marriage or Ariel is scared of Prospero and didn’t want to upset him.

Question 19

Ariel - “I told you, sir, they were r..-h.. with dr..,/So full of v.. that they s.. the air/For b.. in their faces, b.. the ground/For k.. their feet..”

Answer 19

“I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking/So full of valour that they smote the air/For breathing in their faces, beat the ground/For kissing their feet..” - aggressive verbs and adjectives, demonstrates the evil of human nature and how humans immediately turn to violence as a solution to their problems.

Question 20

Ariel - “Then I b.. my tabor,/At which like un.. col.. they pr.. their ears,/Advanced their eye..,l.. up their noses/As they sm.. the music; so I ch.. their ears…”

Answer 20

“Then I beat my tabor./At which like unbacked colts they pricked their ears,/Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses/As they smelt the music; so I charmed their ears..” - animalistic references to Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban as if they were being trained by Ariel’s magic, metaphor ‘smelt the music’

Question 21

Ariel - “That c..-l.. they my l.. followed, through/T.. briars, sh.. furzes, p.. gorse and th..,/Which entered their f.. shins.”

Answer 21

“That calf-like they my lowing followed, through/Toothed briars, sharp furzes, prickling gorse and thorns,/Which entered their frail shins.” - piercing, sharp imagery

Question 22

Ariel - “..There d.. up to th’ chins, that the f.. lake/O’er… their feet.”

Answer 22

”..There dancing up to th’ chins, that the foul lake/O’erstunk their feet.” - comical, metaphor

Question 23

Prospero - “This was w.. d.., my bi..”

Answer 23

“This was well done, my bird” - affectionate

Question 24

Prospero - “A d.., a bo.. d.., on whose na../Nu.. can never stick, on whom my p../Humanely taken - all, all l.., quite l..!/And, as with age his b.. ug.. grows,/So his m.. can.. I will p.. them all,/Even to ro..”

Answer 24

“A devil, a born devil, on whose nature/Nurture can never stick, on whom my pains/Humanely taken - all, all lost, quite lost!/And, as with age his body uglier grows,/So his mind cankers. I will plague them all,/Even to roaring.” - philosophical, reflecting on who Caliban is and there is a sense of regret about wasting his time teaching Caliban language or he may be sympathetic, metaphor ‘nurture can never stick’, aggressive animalistic verbs

Question 25

Caliban - “Be p.., for the p.. I’ll bring thee to/Shall hoodwink this m..”

Answer 25

“Be patient, for the prize I’ll bring thee to/Shall hoodwink this mischance.” - assertive yet a servant, determined to carry on with his plot, metaphor

Question 26

Caliban - “Do that g.. m.. which may make this island/Thine o.. for.., and I, thy Caliban,/For aye thy f..-l..”

Answer 26

“Do that good mischief which may make this island/Thine own forever, and I, thy Caliban,/For aye thy foot-licker.” - ‘good mischief’ oxymoron, ‘foot-licker’ is a metaphor for himself as he is willing to lower himself for Stephano

Question 27

Stephano - “G.. me thy h.. I do b.. to have bl.. thoughts.”

Answer 27

“Give me thy hands. I do begin to have bloody thoughts.” - ‘bloody’ meaning murderous, demonstrates how quickly humans are tempted and turn to evil

Question 28

Caliban - “Let it al.., thou f..; it is but t..”

Answer 28

“Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.” - shows he isn’t materialistic, his riches are the island itself which makes Caliban seem more sophisticated than his supposed superiors

Question 29

Caliban - “If he aw..,/From t.. to cr.. he’ll fill our sk.. with pi..,/Make us st.. stuff”

Answer 29

“If he awake,/From toe to crown he’ll fill our skins with pinches,/Make us strange stuff.” - warning about what Prospero might do if he finds out about their plot against him, shows he is experienced in Prospero’s torture

Question 30

Trinculo - “M.., come put some l.. upon your f.. and away with the rest.”

Answer 30

“Monster, come put some lime upon your fingers and away with the rest.” - metaphor for stealing

Question 31

SD - “A n.. of hun.. heard. Enter d.. spirits in shape of d.. and h.., hun.. them about, Prospero and Ariel setting them on.”

Answer 31

“A noise of hunters heard. Enter diverse spirits in shape of dogs and hounds, hunting them about, Prospero and Ariel setting them on.” - Prospero turns to torment as punishment for Caliban and his confederates, using spirits shaped as animals to scare and intimidate them

Question 32

Prospero - “Go, ch.. my g.. that they g.. their j../With d.. con.., shorten up their sin../With ag.. cramps, and more p..-sp.. make them/Than p.. or cat o’m..”

Answer 32

“Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints/With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews/With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them/Than pard or cat o’mountain.” - giving orders to the spirits to torture Caliban and the others, pain imagery, violent verbs, animal references ‘pard or cat o’mountain’ meaning leopard

Question 33

Prospero - “At this h../L.. at my mer.. all mine en../Shortly shall all my l.. end, and thou/Shalt have the a.. at fr..”

Answer 33

“At this hour/Lies at my mercy all mine enemies/Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou/Shalt have the air at freedom.” - anticipation as this sentence suggests he will get revenge, reference to the end of Prospero’s use of magic and perhaps the end of Shakespeare’s playwrighting, talking about granting Ariel his freedom