quotation analysis Flashcards
“O, I have suffered with those I saw suffer”
“O” shows her extreme emotion
shows her empathy as she has the ability to feel the pain of others that she “saw suffer”
“had I been any god of power”
indicates her understanding of moral values
“poor souls, they perished”
like the men on the ship, she too has been deceived by Prospero’s illusion
“the good ship so have swallowed”
use of personification accentuates the power of the sea’s force
“the dry did knock against my very heart”
again shows her empathy and sympathy
scene 2
Prospero’s role is this scene is primarily to command
shakespeare’s two latter plays
included magic, which in the 1600s could have been quite dangerous as, although many believed in it, it was banned and seen as a dark art form
“where’s the master?”
this establishes a key theme of the play - the disruption of order by the use of magic
“I pray now keep below”
foreshadows the later examinations of power dynamics
“by your art”
use of the word art to describe Prospero’s magic implies it is a skill, which contrasts with the views of magic in Jacobean England
“art”
allows Shakespeare to establish that Prospero’s magic is indeed ‘good’ magic, rather than the ‘black’ magic of Sycorax
“a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightening heard”
introduction of indoor theatre opened up countless new possibilities regarding stagecraft and lighting
this allowed Shakespeare more creative freedom and perhaps justifies the magical qualities of the play
