The Tempest Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Sean McEvoy (sex)
A
Miranda wields power over men, because she is sexually attractive to men of all classes
2
Q
Kermode
A
Miranda is inexperienced but not naïve
3
Q
Allan
A
Shakespeare dramatises the handover of power and responsibility from one generation to the next
4
Q
Coleridge
A
Caliban is a ‘noble being’
5
Q
Orgel
A
Repentance in the Tempest is a largely unachieved goal
6
Q
Sean McEvoy (island)
A
Miranda, then stands symbolically for the island itself. This maiden is the virgin territory that is to be conquered
7
Q
Psychoanalytical perspective
A
There is a suggestion that Ariel and Caliban are different aspects of Prospero’s psyche, the super ego and the id perhaps
