AO5 Flashcards
The island
” a no place”.
Todd1
“The island is a microcosm for the world at large.”
Nuttal1
“The usual thesis of a pastoral play is that life as a shepherd is better than life at court, where flattery poisons all”
Problem play.
“Shakespeare’s mixed genre play The Tempest (1611) is problematic to critics as the last play incorporates the happiness of a romance and the revenge and bitterness of a tragedy.”
Caliban
Many critics view Caliban and his island as a microcosm for British colonisation.
Nunn1
“Almost biographical play” comparison between Prospero and Shakespeare.
Ariel has an….
“Intimacy and love for the person who is his captor”
Caliban as the…
“noble savage”
Progressive, use Montaigne’s idea that differences should be embraced. Oxymoronic quality.
To describe the play as a ..
” highly patterned play”.
Nuttal2
” Caliban is certainly not a nice person.. but no one has told him that he must not have sexual relationships when nature bids.”
Caliban’s primitive urge to reproduce is animalistic
Miranda
” Miranda is an allegory for softer colonialism.”
Prospero is a…
stage manager
Miranda as Prospero’s…
sexual bait
Nutall
The courtly party are…
a morally dubious lot.
Vaughan
Miranda is not as meek and submissive- as she is often portrayed.
