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Prospero quotes
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- 1'Pluck my magic garment from me.'Clothes are symbolic, magic garment represents his power he's the only one worthy of this attire hence
- 2'Your tale would cure deafness.'Miranda says this to Prospero conveys her commendation of him, religious imagery is also evoked Jesus cured him he's like a kiracle worker.
- 3'Prince of power'Plosives here express his exasperation at his dukedom taken from him, he's attempting to reassert his dominance and worthy position.
- 4'I'll mankle thy feed together- sea water shalt thou drink thy food shall be the fresh brook mussels. . My foot? my tutor.'Towards Ferdinand and Miranda, shows how he's capable of torment, possesses characteristics of an oppressor.
- 5'I'll break my staff, I'll drown my book.'Chosen to abandon his magic and become impotent.
- 6'These actors as I foretold you are my spirits.'Summons spirits like a god who act like his vice regents, Iris being the goddess of the rainbow, symbolises harmony after the storm, just as a rainbow appears after a storm. Iris is an emblem (representation) of Prospero’s plan . Ceres the goddess of harvest symbolises the riches that will follow after Ferdinand and Miranda’s marriage.
- 7‘I had forgot the foul conspiracy of the beast Caliban and his confederates against my life.’Prospero loses his omnipotent attribute, he forgets he is mortal and finite like everyone else.
- 8prisoners’ ‘they cannot budge till your release’He controls the freedom of others, their inability to simply 'budge' a simple act shows the severeness of Prospero's imprisonment.
- 9’for you most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth I do forgive’The prince is a book written by Machiavelli analysing how to gain political power, he recommends the character of cruel instead of merciful. t is better to break promises if keeping them would be against one's interests, Princes should undertake great projects to enhance their reputation.
- 10in this bare island, by your spell but release me from my bands (imprisonment) with the help of your good hands’ ‘let your indulgence set me free’The humble Prospero stands before the audience and pleads for their applause, It was a convention in many Elizabethan and Jacobean plays for an actor to step out of role and ask the audience for an applause. Epilogue is meant to double as Shakespeare’s own farewell address to theatre. Rhyming couplets makes a line more memorable.
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