The Tempest Flashcards
“Here cease more questions.
Thou art inclined to sleep” - Prospero when he puts Miranda to sleep after she asks too many questions
“I must obey:
his art is of such power” - Caliban’s reluctant submission to Prospero’s power
“You taught me language,
and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse” - Caliban arguing with Prospero
“This island’s mine,
by Sycorax my mother, which thou tak’st from me” - Caliban arguing with Prospero
“A freckled whelp,
hag-born, not honoured with a human shape” - Prospero describing Caliban to Ariel
“I loved thee
and showed thee all the qualities o’th’isle” - Caliban arguing with Prospero
“Thou did promise
to bate me a full year” - Ariel reminding Prospero about his promise to free them
“That’s my noble master.
What shall I do? Say what? What shall I do?” - Ariel submitting to Prospero after he promises to freedom
“Wast thou deservedly
confined into this rock” - Miranda scolding Caliban
“Thou didst seek
to violate the honour of my child” - Prospero arguing with Caliban
“Batter his skull,
or paunch him with a stake” - Caliban expressing his hatred of Prospero to Stephano
“I will plague them all,
even to roaring” - Prospero speaking to himself about the shipwrecked
“The rarer action
is in virtue than in vengeance” - Prospero showing his shift from revenge to reconciliation
“I do forgive
thy rankest fault; all of them” - Prospero forgiving Antonio
“Let your indulgences
set me free” - Prospero talking to the audience, reflecting how Shakespeare is at the mercy of the audience of his plays
