The Tempest - themes Flashcards

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challenging authority

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  • act 1 scene 1: boatswain has lowest social status yet takes charge of the ship that’s facing storm, orders the king & other aristocrats off the deck
    • Boatswain: (to Antonio) “… you mar (spoil) our labour - keep your cabins. You do assist the storm”
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    • Gonzalo: “… remember whom thou hast abroad”
    • Boatswain: (to Gonzalo) “None that I more love than myself. … Out of our way, I say.”
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humans and nature

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  • act 1 scene 1: boatswain raises the theme of relationship btwn humans & nature
    • Boatswain: (to Gonzalo) “… if you can command these elements to silence, and work a peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more - use your authority”
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