The Tempests - characters

Question 1

Gonzalo

Answer 1

• Act 1 Scene 1:
  
  • humourous despite being in a desperate situation
    
    • “he hath no drowning mark upon him … Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging; making the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable.”
      
      • Gonzalo ‘reads’ Boatswain’s face and decides he is not destined to die by drowning, but rather by hanging
      • imagery “the rope of his (Boatswain’s) destiny”
  • religious: when he believes it is his final moment, he calls on God’s mercy in prayer
    
    • “The king and prince at prayers! Let’s assist them, / For our case is as theirs”