Prospero Flashcards

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what does the critic Rufo say

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“Prospero seems to have learned very little about human nature”

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What does the critic Wilson Knight say

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“Prospero, who controls the shakepearean world, automatically reflects shakespeare himself. Like Hamlet, he arranges dramatic shows to rouse his sinning victims conscience”

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what does the critic Rufo say (embodiment)

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“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”

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what does the critic Charry say

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“Miranda and Ferdinands marriage is orchestrated by prospero for his own political ends”

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what does the critic Ruffo say(central action)

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“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”

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what quote suggests Prospero is a protective father

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“I have done nothing but in care of thee”

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what quote shows the theme of clothing

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“my magic garment”

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what quote shows prospero to be a strict parent

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“obey, and be attentive”

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what quote suggests prospero is magic

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“being transported/ and rapt in secret study”

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what quote is a metaphor for usurpation

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he was/ the ivy which had hid my princely trunk

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what quote suggests prospero is deluded about how people viewed him

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“so dear the love my people bore me”

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what quote suggests prospero gains his power from books rather than naturally

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“I prize above my dukedom”

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what quote shows prospero controls miranda, making her sleep

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“I know thou canst not choose”

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what quote suggests prospero uses magic to cause pain

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“thou shalt have cramps”

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15
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what quote shows patriarchal authority

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“my foot my tutor?”

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what quote shows caliban knows prosperos power derives from his books

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“first to possess his books; for without them hes but a sot”

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what quote shows stage managing events

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“they ow are in my power”

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what quote shows prospero is proud of his magic/ masque

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“some vanity of mine art”

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what quote shows metatheatre

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“we are such stuff/ as dreams are made on”

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what quote shows prospero renouncing his magic

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“this rough magic/ I here abjure”

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how does prospero first describe caliban

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“a freckled whelp, hag born- not honoured with human shape”

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what quote shows prospero is giving miranda away like an object

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“then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition/ worthily purchased, take my daughter”

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what quote shows pospero realising his mortality

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“bear with my weakness, my old brain is troubled”

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what quote shows propseros view of nature vs nurture

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“a devil, a born devil, on whose nature/ nurture can never stick”

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what quote establishes propero as the stage director

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“Now does my project gathe rto a head”