critical quotes Flashcards
Vaughan- Caliban in contrats to Stephano and Trinculo
‘in contrast to Stephano and Trinculo, seems to have an innate understanding of nature, of music and of how to achieve his goals’
Rex Gibson- calibans place as a slave
‘Caliban is a lonely, oppressed and dispossessed slave.’
MacDowell 1838- about pitying caliban
‘Caliban creates our pity more than our detestation’
Wilson 1873- caliban being human and animal
‘While on the one and caliban is human, he is also animal, at home amoung the sounds and scenes of living nature’
Cherry- about what caliban symbolises
the play is structured around…
‘The play is[…] structured around the eminence of royal power and social hierarchy, which are both challenged by Caliban, who symbolises rebellion and disorder’
Gurr- who is the plays hero?
‘Who should we take to be the plays hero, Prospero or Caliban’
Rufo about calibans rebellion
‘Calibans rebellion, which is supported by drunken fools Trinculo and Stephano, provides a counter balance to prosperos autocratic regime and offers room for speculation that prosperos authority remains challengeble’
Valdiveiso about Mirandas role
‘Mirandas main role is to obey her father’
mike Brett about perfection
‘the act of calling someone perfect can be construed as an act of control’
Rex Gibson about Eurocentric colonialism
‘Shakespeare presents a Eurocentric view of colonisation in the tempest’
Taylor Sharpe about freedom
‘every character is driven by an internal cry for freedom’
Walton Beacham about Ariel and freedom
‘Areils ‘only request is for freedom’
David Lindley about the illusion of freedom
‘The play is often seen as a play about power and control but perhaps should rather be regarded as a play about the illusion of freedom’
Rufo about prospero and human nature
‘prospero has semed to have learnt very little about human nature’
miranda is the epitome
‘miranda is the epitome of purity, goodness and beauty’
miranda possersorship
‘miranda will remain a property that is passed from father to husband’
Margreta de Grazia on prospero and sycorax
On Prospero and Sycorax: “Both sorceress and magician are driven by the same passion - anger”
Paul brown , link between prospero and caliban
xProspero’s pronouncement on Caliban “This thing of darkness I/Acknowledge mine” is an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A LINK BETWEEN HIMSELF AND CALIBAN. He may be suggesting that his cruelty caused Caliban’s bad behaviour, or that there is a core of evil in himself as well as in Caliban.
BARRY BECK a tale of…
“a TALE of political power and social responsibility”
Sean McEvoy , ariels humanity
“Though a spirit, Ariel’s humanity is greater than his master’s”.
