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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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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
“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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