Act 4, Scene 1 188 Flashcards
General information.
The Masque genre- lavish courtly entertainment, elaborate.
Metatheatrical- Xp uses elements of theatre throughout.
1576- first playhouse built.
Xp uses allegorical ideas from mythology and British history.
Mixing of classes usually breached.
Prospero’s dialogue 188.
1. “I have given you here a third of mine own life.”
2. “For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise And make it halt behind her”
- Shabby apology, Miranda presented as not independent and simply an extension of Prospero, Miranda presented as Prospero’s property which obliges to the hetereonormative stereotypes of the era.
- Commodification of Miranda, Prospero’s business semantic implies he views Miranda as 15 years of investment. The biblical illusion of the trinity, three as a powerful number 1/3.
Has to present himself as pure and honourable.
Nunn A05- Prospero as “purely mathmatical”
Ferdinand- “Mine honour into lust to take away.”
Metatheatrical acting of them as father and son. The juxtaposition of ‘honour’ and ‘lust’.
Prospero- “Sit then and talk with her;”
A05 Hazlet- Prospero as a “pretended interference”
Prospero’s dialogue 190.
1. “… your last service Did worthily perform, and I must use you In such another trick”
- Language of service and performance, planning a masque for his daughter. Once again establishes Prospero’s reliance on Ariel.
Prospero- “Do not give dalliance Too much rein. The strongest oaths are straw To th’fire i’th’ blood.”
Imagery of a horse, Prospero utilises sexual innuendos
A05- “Prospero is not gaining a son he is losing a female”
Nuttal- Ferdinand as “comically limp”
Iris’ dialogue 193-4
1. “Ceres, most bounteous lady”
- Vital to the party, represents agriculture, abundance and fertility.
2.”the queen o’th’ sky, Whose watery arch and messenger am I,”- rainbow metaphor.
Ceres 194
1. “Hail, many- colour’d messenger”
2. “Rich scarf to my proud Earth”
- Continuation of the rainbow metaphor shows how interlinked the celestial forces are.
2.Union of Ferdinand and Miranda, synthesis that they must work together.
Prospero “My present fancies”
Egotistical. Gods/ gooddesses at his command.
‘present’- he will move on and control someone else.
Prospero [aside] “I had forgot that foul conspiracy”
“The minute of their plot Is almost come”
Breaks the joy, Dramatic monologue of extentensial property approaching.
Speed of reflection shows his priortitisation of himself over others.
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Elizabethan playwrights invented sole speech. A soliloquy provides an internal monologue, insight to the character’s pysche.
Prospero- “Be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended”
Metatheatrical content.
Reflection of moral wobble as Xp’s retirement.
THE RELINQUSHING ART SOLILOQUY 202
1. “Are melted into air, into thin air;”
2.”And- like the baseless fabric of this vision”
3.”The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces. The solemn temples, the great globe itself”
4. “Dissolve… leave not a rack behind”
5. “We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep”
- Extetensial- the fragility of life, the fleeting nature of life and power. Soliloquy goes in stages 1. Punish. 2. Rich. 3. Ideology.
- Illusion, everything will dissolve.
3.The three manmade structures represent the power of humanity, critique of society, Prospero has a connection to morality and explores the fleeting nature of power, evaluates the meaning of life. - Symbolises the ranks in society, importance of hierachy.
- Similie represents a portrayal of humanity, ‘stuff’ flippant, represents Xp himself as he has no more work. Prospero no longer has magic to furthern his life, he is now mortal. Recognition of his audience.
Shifting structures- Nihilistic- nothing else matters. Cyclical pursuit of power, his metaphorical life has been torn away. Humanism? Microcosm for society as a whole. Power vs simplicity.
Ariel- “Then I beat my tabor, At which like unback’d colts they prick’d their ears”
Portrays them as wild and savage, abuse of power. Resorts to a primitive way to highlight the flaws of humanity.
Stephano- “while I am king of this country.” “There’s another garment for’t”£=
Using the language of leaderhsip, metaphorisymbolism. The distribution of weath and exploitation.
