Tempest - Quotes Flashcards
“O, I have suffered…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“O, I have suffered with those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel”
“O, the cry…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“O, the cry did knock against my very heart”
Stage direction, Miranda Act 1 Scene 2
Miranda helps him to disrobe
“Lie…art” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Lie there, my art”
“The government…studies” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“The government I cast upon my brother, and to my state grew stranger, being transported and rapt in secret studies”
“Your tale…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“Your tale, sir, would cure deafness”
“Thou…sleep” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Thou art inclin’d to sleep” Miranda sleeps
“All hail…curl’d clouds” Act 1 Scene 2 - Ariel
“All hail, great master, grave sir hail! I come to answer thy best pleasure, be’t to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride on the curl’d clouds”
“Not a hair…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Ariel
“Not a hair perish’d. On their sustaining garments not a blemish, but fresher than before”
“Dost thou forget…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Dost thou forget from what a torment I did free thee?”
“Thou…slave…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself”
“Thou most lying slave”
“Thou shalt have…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Thou shalt have cramps, side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. Urchins shall, for that vast of night that they may work, exercise on thee.”
“This island’s…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Caliban
“This island’s mine by Sycorax my mother”
“then I lov’d…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Caliban
“then I lov’d thee, and show’d thee all the qualities o’th’ isle, the fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile - curs’d be I that did so!”
“…slave” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“Abhorred slave”
“You taught…red plague” Act 1 Scene 2 - Caliban
“You taught me language, and my profit on’t is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you for learning me your language!”
“Hag…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Prospero
“Hag-seed, hence!”
Stage direction, Ariel Act 1 Scene 2
Enter Ferdinand, and Ariel invisible, playing and singing
“Where…music…?” Act 1 Scene 2 - Ferdinand
“Where should this music be? - i’th’ air or th’ earth?”
“Full fathom…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Ariel
“Full fathom five thy father lies, of hid bones are coral made; those are pearls that were his eyes”
“What…spirit?” Act 1 Scene - 2 Miranda
“What is’t? - a spirit?”
“I might…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“I might call him a thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble”
“Why speaks…” Act 1 Scene 2 - Miranda
“Why speaks my father so ungently? This is the third man that e’er I saw, the first the e’er I sigh’d for”
“I’th’ commonwealth…” Act 2 Scene 1 - Gonzalo
“I’th’ commonwealth… letters should not be known; riches, poverty and use of service, none” “No sovereignty”
“My strong…” Act 2 Scene 1 - Antonio
“My strong imagination sees a crown dropping upon thy head”
“To…wink” Act 2 Scene 1 - Antonio
“To the perpetual wink”
“A strange fish! Were I…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Trinculo
“A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of silver”
“dead…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Trinculo
“dead Indian”
“If I can recover…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Stephano
“If I can recover him, and keep him tame, and get to Naples with him, he’s a present for any emperor that ever trod on neat’s-leather”
“Here, kiss…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Stephano
“Here, kiss the book”
“I’ll kiss…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Caliban
“I’ll kiss thy foot. I’ll swear myself thy subject”
“‘Ban, ‘Ban…” Act 2 Scene 2 - Caliban
“‘Ban, ‘Ban, Ca-Caliban has a new master - get a new man! Freedom, high-day! High-day, freedom! Freedom, high-day freedom!”
“Moon…” Act 3 Scene 2 - Stephano
“Mooncalf”
“Thou…” Act 3 Scene 2 - Trinculo
“Thou liest most ignorant monster”
“I’ll yield…” Act 3 Scene 2 - Caliban
“I’ll yield him thee asleep, where you mayst knock a nail into his head”
“Batter…” Act 3 Scene 2 - Caliban
“Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, or cut his weasand with thy knife”
Stage direction Act 3 Scene 3 “strange shapes”
Enter several strange shapes bringing in a banquet, and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations; and, inviting the king, etc. to eat, they depart
Stage direction Act 3 Scene 3 Ariel
Enter Ariel, like a harpy, claps his wings upon the table, and with a quaint device the banquet vanishes
Iris
goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods
Ceres
goddess of the earth and patroness of agriculture
Venus
the goddess of love
Cupid
the god of love
Dis
the greek name for pluto, god of the underworld
“This is a most…” Act 4 Scene 1 - Ferdinand
“This is a most majestic vision, and harmonious charmingly. May I be hold to think these spirits?”
“I had forgot…” Act 4 Scene 1 - Prospero
“I had forgot that foul conspiracy of the beast caliban and his confederates against my life”
“O worthy…” Act 4 Scene 1 - Trinculo
“O worthy Stephano - look what a wardrobe here is for thee!”
“Let it…” Act 4 Scene 1 - Caliban
“Let it alone, thou fool, it is but trash”
“The dropsy…” Act 4 Scene 1 - Caliban
“The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean to dote thus on such luggage? Let’t alone, and do the murder first.”
Stage direction Act 5 Scene 1 Prospero
Enter Prospero in his magic robes, and Ariel
“The good…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Ariel
“The good old Lord Gonzalo his tears runs down his beard lie winter’s drops from eaves of reeds”
“Your charm…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Ariel
“Your charm so strongly works ‘em that if you now behold them, your affections would become tender”
“Mine would…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Ariel
“Mine would, sir, were I human”
Stage direction Act 5 Scene 1 Prospero circle
Prospero traces a magic circle on the stage with his staff
“I’ll break…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“I’ll break my staff, bury it certain fathoms in the earth, and deeper than did ever plummet sound I’ll drown my book”
Stage direction Act 5 Scene 1 enter circle
They all enter the circle which Prospero had made, and there stand charmed; which Prospero observing, speaks
“Holy…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“Holy Gonzalo, honourable man”
“I will discase…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“I will discase me, and myself present as I was sometime Milan. Quickly, spirit! Thou shalt ere long be free”
“Behold, sir king…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“Behold, sir king, the wronged Duke of Milan, Prospero”
Stage direction Act 5 Scene 1 Prospero and Alonso
Embraces Alonso
“But you, my brace…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero aside
“But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, I here could pluck his highness’ frown upon you, and justify you traitors. At this time I will tell no tales.”
“For you…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth”
“Than you may…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“Than you may call to comfort you, for I have lost my daughter”
Stage direction Act 5 Scene 1 chess
Here Prospero discovers Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess
“How many…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Miranda
“How many goodly creatures are there here!”
“O Setebos…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Caliban
“O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed.”
“His mother…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“His mother was a witch, one so strong that could control the moon”
“What a…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Caliban
“What a thrice-double ass was I to take this drunkard for a god, and worship this dull fool!”
“The to the…” Act 5 Scene 1 - Prospero
“Then to the elements be free, and fare thou well”
“But release me…” Epilogue - Prospero
“But release me from my bands with the help of your good hands”
“Let your…” Epilogue - Prospero
“Let your indulgence set me free”
“Then was this island…” Prospero
“Then was this island - save for the son that she did litter here”
