The Tempest quotes Flashcards
theme- power/control/morals
act 1 scene 2
-Prospero is able to put Miranda to sleep at will, shows the control he has over others
-‘thou art inclin’d to sleep… ‘
-‘Miranda sleeps’
theme- power/spectacle
act one scene 2
-prospero sees the wreckage he caused as a show of theatrics unlike Miranda who sees it as harmful and scary
‘the direful spectacle of the wreck’
theme- heirarchy/colonialism
act 1 scene 2
-greeting shows Ariel’s willing servitude and reverence to Prospero
-contrasts Caliban’s hateful greeting of their master (prospero)
‘All hail, great master, grave sir, hail! I come to answer thy best pleasure’
theme- heirarchy/power
act 1 scene 2
-Propsero’s possesion of a ‘spirit’ shows his power
-shows fondness
- Ariel belongs to propero despite ariel likely being more powerful
‘My brave spirit’
theme- colonialism
act 1 scene 2
-Ariel believes they can earn their freedom by obeying prospero
-contrasts caliban’s defiance
‘i have done thee worthy service’
theme-colonialism
act 1 scene 2
-shows prospero only speaks fondly to Ariel when they are obeying
-contrasts ‘my brave spirit’
‘thou liest, malignant thing’
theme- colonialism/heirarchy
character list
-shows difference between how shakespeare wants caliban to be viewed vs ariel
-double standard has parallels in colourism and heirarchy in slavery
‘Ariel- an airy spirit’
‘Caliban- a savage and deformed slave’
theme-colonialism/control
act 1 scene 2
-prospero threatens to trap Ariel in an oak again
-ironically, ariel is still trapped regardless but ariel has the illusion of control and freedom
‘If thou murmur’st, I will rend an oak and peg thee in his knotty entrails till thou hast howl’d away twelve winters’
theme- heirarchy/colonialism
act 1 scene 2
-adresses caliban cruelly unlike ariel in first interaction
-could be based on physical attributes such as perceived attractiveness rather than actions
‘thou poisonous slave’
theme- colonialism/morals
act 1 scene 2
-Caliban trying to rape ariel is used as an exuse for prospero keeping him as a slave
-could question if this is for ariel’s sake or just an excuse to enslave caliban or if he’s only mad because she needs to be a virgin to marry
-parallels in white supremacist rhetorics
‘thou did’st seek to violate the honor of my child’
theme- colonialism/betrayal
act 1 scene 2
-see ‘Des Cannibales’ for how colonisers paint rightful owners of other lands cultures as ‘savage’ as an excuse for enslavement and providing ‘civilisation’ (ew) rather than understanding and comparing their traditions to western culture, which is equally, often more, brutal in a lot of aspects
-pretends to have helped caliban by overthrowing him after he let caliban teach him how to survive
-two quotes
‘i pitied thee, took pains to make thee speak
‘i loved thee, and show’d thee all the qualities o’th’ isle’
theme- colonialism
act 1 scene 2
-reveals caliban to be rightful ruler
-explains why prospero treats him so poorly
-native treated like savage
‘this island is mine by sycorax my mother’
theme- colonialism/morals
act 2 scene 2
-trinculo points out the hipocricy of England and the lack of moral compass where people will pay for morbid spectacles but not charity
-disapproving seeing other races as spectacle/entertainment
‘when they will not give a doit to help a lame beggar, they will lay out then to see a dead indian’
theme- colonialism/religion
Stephano to Trinculo about Caliban
-one of many comparisons between Caliban and the devil
-shows western countrie’s demonisation of poc
‘have we devils here?’
themes- colonialism/free will/religion
act 2 scene 2
-gives the impression that despite hating prospero, caliban wants to be enslaved and owned
-asks trinculo to be his new master
- compares religion to slavery?
‘i’ll show thee every fertile inch o’th’ island, and will kiss thy foot. i prithee be my god’
