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Act 1 scene 2 the tempest9/19/2023 ![]() He sees Trinculo approaching and, fearing Trinculo is a spirit sent ‘to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly’, he hides under his cloak. What themes do you think are starting to emerge in this first act? Can you find a line or two which best expresses each of the themes you have found?Ĭaliban enters complaining that ‘for every trifle’ Prospero sends his spirits to attack him. We find out how Prospero, Miranda and Caliban have lived on the island for many years and how Prospero has just used magic to bring his enemies, Antonio and Alonso, to the island. As potential lovers to Miranda, compare how Ferdinand and Caliban are described and consider why Prospero wants his daughter to marry one and not the other.Īct 1 is important because it sets up the characters and how they all come to be on the island. Ferdinand and Caliban are the only two men Miranda has known, apart from her father. The theme of love is always important in Shakespeare’s comedies. Write a line which summarises each character’s relationship with each of the others. Make notes on the facts we discover about each character in Scene 2. There is a lot of story explanation in this act - characters telling us what has happened in the past so that we understand how they came to be here. He uses his magic to imprison Ferdinand and Ferdinand submits to Prospero’s powers hoping, ‘Might I but through my prison once a day / Behold this maid’. ![]() Prospero pretends to be angry, telling the audience, ‘I must uneasy make lest too light winning / Make the prize light’. Ferdinand and Miranda fall in love at first sight, ‘At the first sight / They have changed eyes’. His art is of such power’.Īriel sings, ‘Come unto these yellow sands’, magically leading Ferdinand. He sends Caliban away, saying ‘Hag-seed, hence! / Fetch us in fuel, and be quick’ and Caliban leaves grumbling ‘I must obey. Prospero calls him a 'lying slave’ and says they cannot trust him because he tried to force Miranda to sleep with him. Caliban calls curses at them and complains that although he helped them find food and water when they first arrived on the island, ‘here you sty me / In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me / The rest o’th’island’. She is reluctant, ‘Tis a villain, sir, / I do not love to look on’, but Prospero insists. Prospero wakes Miranda and takes her to see Caliban, ‘my slave’. ![]() Ariel objects and Prospero threatens him but he also promises the spirit his freedom ‘after two days’ if he obeys.Īriel leaves. Prospero is pleased but tells Ariel ‘there’s more work’. Ariel describes how he created the storm and that the ship is now ‘Safely in harbour’ and everyone on board is safe. Prospero then uses his magic to put Miranda to sleep and calls to his spirit servant Ariel. Eventually, ‘By providence divine’, they washed up on the shores of the island. ![]() They were given some provisions by ‘A noble Neopolitan, Gonzalo’ and cast adrift. Antonio, with the help of Alonso, King of Naples, had Prospero and Miranda captured at night and put into an old boat. He explains ‘Thy father was the Duke of Milan, and / A prince of power’ until his brother Antonio, ‘thy false uncle’ betrayed him. He then tells her the story of how they ended up on the island. ![]() Prospero reassures her, saying ‘There’s no harm done’. She describes the ship as ‘a brave vessel / Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, / Dashed all to pieces!’ She asks her father, the sorcerer Prospero, to calm the storm if he can. Miranda is upset, having watched the storm engulf the ship just offshore. ![]()
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