Act Three Flashcards
Scene 1
Ferdinand has been enslaved by prospero and walked on stage carrying heavy logs
“Nobly undergone” -Ferdinand’s speech
Prove Ferdinand to be righteous and worthy
-he happily performs acts of self sacrifice to win Miranda’s hand thus proving his love for her is committed and sincere
-highlights how different his situation is that from caliban, he was imprisoned by prospero completely against his will and will not benefit from his captivity
Interaction of Miranda and ferdinand “prospero at a distance unseen “
Entire interaction has been manipulated and orchestrated by prospero to make them fall in love
- prospero watches their convos unseen making his rile as the director or playwright of their affair even more explicit
Act three scene 2
All getting drunk s c and t
S declares himself lorn of island and promises caliban to be his lieutenant
-trinculo mocked caliban leading s to threaten to hang him
- once caliban tells them of prospero the three resolve to kill him and seize power
“Give me thy hand i am sorry i beat thee but while thou liv’st keep a good tounge in thy head “. -Stephano
Acts as a comic diversion a comic double of Antonios pro plausible and sinister plot to murder alosnso
-however foolish fighting and reconciliation between three drunkards exposes the fickle deceitful element of human nature
“I will supplant some of your teeth”
“ make stockfish off thee”
“And trinculo and thyself shall be viceoroys”
- stephano is drunk on power
- commanding caliban, dispensing favours and rank and threatening people
-funny because its dumb but also a critic of those who seek power for selfish reasons like Antonio
“ i will kill this man his daughter and i will be king and queen”
Use of doubling, everything echos act 2 scene 1
-power hungry servants s + t be one rough parodies of power hungry courtiers a +a
-all four men are now essentially equated with caliban who is now another usurper.
“Batter his skull” “ beat him enough” “ burn his books” “brain him” “the beauty of his daughter”
- plosives creates emphasis on his anger and emotion towards prospero
- reinforces idea of him being an animal- animalistic aggression
- atriculated/ premeditated this
- tone change when talking of Miranda, again animalistic, wants to mate with someone strong and beautiful
“Burn his book”
-repetition of destroying his books
- understands the power of them
- he’s more complex and not as stupid as we all think
“Ay on my honour”
-ironic, he has no honour
-comical
“A thousand tangling intrsuments that will hum”
Caliban
Sibilance reflects how he feels soothed by. The island
- counteracts prosperous view, showing he does appreciate Beaty
Shows he’s a complex character
- caliban may claim he only uses language to curse but here gives a beautiful speech which conveys the wonder and beauty of the island
- dignified speech, we are reminded again of his connection to the island
-speaks in blank verse, others speak in prose, shows there difference between him and the rest, he is a native they are not
Act three scene 3
-Ariel appears as the harpy and chastises the three men for the usurpation of prospero
-the banquet sudden disappearance shows how the courtiers are powerless
-Ariel’s rebuke forces them to realise everything they have lost is a result of their sinful actions
“Still closing waters” “kill”
-Shakespeare jusxatposes the strength of the storm with the inevitability of fate
-crashing waves and “still closing waters” are too string to be defeated by the three men with Swords
-their weapons prove useless and are unable to “kill” it
-the power of the storm transcends the power of men
“You are men of sin” “destiny” “belch you up”
-density has caused the sea to belch them up on the island as they were so unfit to live among other people
-he personifies destiny as a higher power with the moral authority to remove unfit people from society
“Denstiny” suggests human like qualities by evoking names
-the characters fates do not depend on abstract forces but rather on people which become evident in usuperton of prosepo
- personification helps emphasise the fact that people not inatangible abstractions control their own fate
-also an assumption that the audience will be familiar biblical terms
“Their greatest guilt like poison”
“ that are of supplier joints” -Gonzalo
-guilt is like a poison in the body begins to wear ones conscious as a toxic substance might degrade ones body
-those young and energetic must stop others from doing bad things
- gonzalo is old so those of “suppler joints” probably refer to the younger characters
- he sounds old and wise here and his observation about guilt proved some insight into the depths of his mind
-poising similar extends over 6 lines which gives a greater power and shows it was more than just passing thought or a bit of word play.
