The Tempest Key Quotes

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A Romance Play

What type of Shakespearean play is The Tempest?

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"All lost!"

The Mariners are unable to control anything during the storm. (Act I)

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"to prayers"

The Mariners are very religious during this moment of chaos. (Act I)

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"Yet again? What do you here?" and "Work you then"

The Boatswain has knowledge power over the other characters during the tempest. (Act I)

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"Let's take leave of him."

Sebastian's disloyalty to his brother, Alonso, the King of Naples is established . (Act I)

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Gonzalo

Who tells Antonio and Sebastian that they should "assist them" in regards to the King and Prince's prayers? (Act I)

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They are "at prayers"

What are the Alonso and Ferdinand doing in Act I?

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Antonio

Who says "I am less afraid to be drowned than thou art"? This reflects their view of how wealth gives them power.

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"Stand fast, good Fate."

Gonzalo's religious belief separates him from the other godless noblemen.

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Act 1

The Act in Shakespearean comedies in which personal identity and social hierarchy is often lost or reversed

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Act 5

The Act in Shakespearean comedies in which personal identity and social hierarchy is restored, often through a party or a wedding

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Becoming tragedies

Something Shakespeare’s romance comedies all have the potential of

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“I have suffered with those that I saw suffer”

“the cry did knock/ Against my very heart”

Miranda’s introduction as kind and caring

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“Had I been a god of power”

Miranda wonders about power in Act I Scene II

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“no harm done”

Prospero’s response to Miranda’s concern in Act I Scene II

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“I have done nothing but in care of thee”

Prospero and Miranda’s protective relationship in Act I Scene II

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“pluck my magic garment from me”

Prospero’s clothes have power in Act I Scene II

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“perished”, “souls”, “compassion”, “god of power”. “piteous”, “perdition”

Lexical field of religion Act I Scene II

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“liberal arts”, “secret studies”

Lexical field of magic Act I Scene II

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“The creatures that were mine, I say, or changed ‘em”

Pride and status Act I Scene II

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“set all hearts i’ th’ state/ To whatever tune pleased his ear”

“ivy”

“master of a full poor cell”

“false brother”, “evil nature”

Antonio stole Prospero’s position

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“Me, poor man”

Prospero sees himself as a victim

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“my books
 which I prize above my dukedom”

Prospero was a poor ruler

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“To answer thy best pleasure”

Ariel willingly submits to Prospero in Act I Scene II

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“Hell is empty,/ And all the devils are here”

Ariel’s view in Act I Scene II

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“still-vexed Bermoothes”

The Bermudas, links to colonialism

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“My liberty”

Ariel’s goal for the play

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“malignant thing”, “she [Sycorax] did litter here”, “whelp”

Prospero dehumanises Caliban in Act I Scene II

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“They being penitent/ The sole drift of my purpose”

Prospero being seen as God offering forgiveness

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Shakespearean tragedy written in 1603

Othello

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From Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”

Shylock

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Christopher Marlowe’s play, includes magic

Dr Faustus

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“You taught me language
 I know how to curse”

Caliban is defiant of Prospero in Act I

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“He does fetch our fire”

Caliban is used as a slave

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“tortoise”, “abhorrd”, “filth”, “poisonous”, “villain”, “devil”

Caliban is further dehumanised in Act I Scene II

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“This island’s mine, by Sycorax, my mother”

Caliban feels ownership over the island

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“I loved thee”

Caliban and Prospero’s complicated relationship

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“Mine would, sir, were I human”

Ariel as Prospero’s conscience

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“I’ll drown my book”

“I’ll break my staff”

Prospero gives up his magic

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“my modesty/ The jewel in my dower”

Miranda recognises the power of her virginity

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“I had peopled else/ This isle with Calibans”

Caliban’s view of Miranda

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“some defect in her/ Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed”

Ferdinand’s view of women

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“many a lady/ I have eyed with best regard”

“I lik’d several women”

The double standard between Ferdinand and Miranda

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“So perfect and so peerless”

Ferdinand’s idolisation of Miranda

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“dare not offer/ What I desire to give, and much less take/ What I shall die to want.”

“bashful cunning”

Miranda cannot openly express her desires

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“I am your wife, if you will marry me;/ If not, I’ll die your maid”

“I’ll be your servant”

Miranda’s loyalty in Act III Scene I

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“How beauteous mankind is”

“O brave new world”

Miranda’s naivety in Act V

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“luggage” and “trash”

Caliban’s view of Prospero’s power (through his clothes")

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“monster”, “moondog”, “servant-monster”, “foot-licker”, “puppy headed”

Ways Caliban is described throughout the play

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“not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver” -Trinculo

“he’s a present for any emperor” - Stephano

Trinculo and Stephano aim to exploit Caliban

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“You taught me language. and my profit on ‘t/ Is, I know how to curse”

Caliban is openly defiant to Prospero

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“Kiss the book”

Stephano uses alcohol to control Caliban

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“I’ll kiss thy foot. I’ll swear myself thy subject”

Caliban imposes himself in a subordinate role

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“a plain fish and no doubt marketable”

Antonio discusses Caliban’s exploitation

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“my charms I’ll break”

Prospero releases the nobles in Act V

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