Prospero Flashcards
what does the critic Rufo say
“Prospero seems to have learned very little about human nature”
What does the critic Wilson Knight say
“Prospero, who controls the shakepearean world, automatically reflects shakespeare himself. Like Hamlet, he arranges dramatic shows to rouse his sinning victims conscience”
what does the critic Rufo say (embodiment)
“Prospero is the embodiment of the platonic idea, a ‘philosopher king’ ; he represents human striving toward the divine through theatrical illusion, magic and science, finally, he is a colonial dictator who embodies the very worst of early modern british imperialism”
what does the critic Charry say
“Miranda and Ferdinands marriage is orchestrated by prospero for his own political ends”
what does the critic Ruffo say(central action)
“The plays central action, with prospero as its executor, is not simply revenge. The Tempest foregrounds the theme of restoration against a backdrop of political disorder”
what quote suggests Prospero is a protective father
“I have done nothing but in care of thee”
what quote shows the theme of clothing
“my magic garment”
what quote shows prospero to be a strict parent
“obey, and be attentive”
what quote suggests prospero is magic
“being transported/ and rapt in secret study”
what quote is a metaphor for usurpation
he was/ the ivy which had hid my princely trunk
what quote suggests prospero is deluded about how people viewed him
“so dear the love my people bore me”
what quote suggests prospero gains his power from books rather than naturally
“I prize above my dukedom”
what quote shows prospero controls miranda, making her sleep
“I know thou canst not choose”
what quote suggests prospero uses magic to cause pain
“thou shalt have cramps”
what quote shows patriarchal authority
“my foot my tutor?”
what quote shows caliban knows prosperos power derives from his books
“first to possess his books; for without them hes but a sot”
what quote shows stage managing events
“they ow are in my power”
what quote shows prospero is proud of his magic/ masque
“some vanity of mine art”
what quote shows metatheatre
“we are such stuff/ as dreams are made on”
what quote shows prospero renouncing his magic
“this rough magic/ I here abjure”
how does prospero first describe caliban
“a freckled whelp, hag born- not honoured with human shape”
what quote shows prospero is giving miranda away like an object
“then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition/ worthily purchased, take my daughter”
what quote shows pospero realising his mortality
“bear with my weakness, my old brain is troubled”
what quote shows propseros view of nature vs nurture
“a devil, a born devil, on whose nature/ nurture can never stick”
what quote establishes propero as the stage director
“Now does my project gathe rto a head”
