Prospero’s rule on the Isle

Question 1

“Liest…”

Answer 1

“Liest malignant thing”

Question 2

“If thou more murmur’st…”

Answer 2

If thou more murmur’st I’ll rend an oak and peg thee in his knotty entrails”

Question 3

“Till thou hast…”

Answer 3

“Till thou hast howled away 12 winters”

Question 4

“To fill all…”

Answer 4

“To fill all the bones with aches and cramps”

Question 5

“By sorcery he…”

Answer 5

“By sorcery he got this isle”

Question 6

What two types of magic user could Prospero be perceived as?

Answer 6

A goetia - Who uses power for evil and their own gain
A magus - Who uses power to further gods wishes

Question 7

What time period does the play take place in?

Answer 7

The 1500-1600s “Golden age of exploration”, a time of great exploitation and slavery

Question 8

What real world magician was Prospero inspired by?

Answer 8

John Dee
- Worked for Q. Elizabeth I
- Interrogated by Parliament under K. James I

Question 9

Prospero is associated with one other, non-magical historical figure

Answer 9

Shakespeare himself
- Usage of stage magic and elaborate tricks on the audience
- Moral and upstanding to some