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 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’
Clifford Davidson about the masque
‘the masque is informed by an altogether different level of understanding then the revenge motif’
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’
