The tempest critics

Question 1

Traversi

Answer 1

Ferdinand and Miranda’s relationship is a ‘symbolic ground for reconciliation’

Question 2

Ledingham

Answer 2

By using Prospero’s language caliban is remoulded in the image of his master’

Question 3

Auden

Answer 3

Gonzalo makes goodness easy by blinding himself to evil

Question 4

Ledingham 2

Answer 4

Prospero is not affected by the narrative; he is the narrative

Question 5

Kermode

Answer 5

Miranda is inexperienced but not naive

Question 6

Grazia

Answer 6

likens prospero to sycorax and notes ‘both sorceress and magician are driven by the same passion - anger

Question 7

Kermode 2

Answer 7

caliban is ‘representative of nature uncontrolled by art’

Question 8

Dijkuhuizen

Answer 8

Caliban, initially branded as the ultimate evil other, is acknowledged as a part of prosperos own identity

Question 9

Masque

Answer 9

while traditional masques start with an anitimasque (grotesque figures) and end on a symbol of virtue. Prospero’s is inverted and ends on the recollection of calibans conspiracy
Venus and Cupid, symbols of sensual love are banished from Prospero’s mask —> fear of losing control to Ferdinand

Question 10

thompson

Answer 10

various patterns of exploitation

Question 11

Dijkuhuizen 2

Answer 11

Caliban and Prospero come to occupy similar positions towards the end of the play

Question 12

Todd

Answer 12

only calibans body is enslaved

Question 13

1993 adaption of the tempest

Answer 13

When Simon Russel Beale played Ariel in 1993, his final gesture was to spit in Prospero’s face, as if freedom were a right rather than a gift.