Act 2 scene 1 Flashcards
‘how lush and….’
‘how Lish and lusty the grass looks! how green!
GONZALO
-being optimistic
-annoying
-alliteration
‘the marriage of the…’
‘the marriage of the kings first daughter / Claribel to the king of tunis’
GONZALO
-women are spoken for and sold for political reinforcement
-the ‘proper well’ (Sebastian) from the marriage
-there was never such a marriage since ‘widow didos time’ (Gonzalo), she killed herself for a husband, a bad omen
‘you cram these..’
‘you cram these words into mine ears, against / the stomach of my sense’
ALONSO
-shows love for his son
-not comforted for gonzalo
-regrest marring his daughetr as now ‘my son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,/ who is so far from Italy removed/ I n’e’er again shalll see her’
-believs he has lost both his children
‘but rather loose…’
‘but rather loose her to an African’
SRBASTIAN
-he criticises Alonsos patchriacal power in marrying claribel to the king of Tunis.
-racial views ‘an African’ distinctive by his race
‘and the fair soul…’
‘and the fair soul herself / weighed between loathness and obedience, at/ which end o’th’beam should bow’
SEBASTIAN
-she did not want to marry but had to obey her father
-Claribel is like miranda, under her fathers complete control and command
‘the faults you own’ (Sebastian) he blames alonse for loosing claribel
-Sebastian is challenging the kind and Alonso refused to listen to his advisers
‘I’the’commonwealth…’
‘i’th’commonwealth would by contraries[…] no mane of magistrate / Letters should not be known ;riches, poverty,/ and use of service, none’
GONZALO
-Gonzalos utopia
-based on ‘On Cannibal by Michel de Montaigne, this speech s a mimic of this essay
-idea of colonialism
‘I would with such….’
’ I would with such perfection govern, sir / T’excel the Golden Age’
GONZALO
-utopia
-sees himself as king of the island
-‘twas you we laughed at’(anotonio) mocking Gonzales idea of utopia
my strong imagination sees…
my strong imagination sees a crown/ Dropping upon thy head
ANTONIO
-sees a oportunity
-visual imagery
-sees Sebastian as king
-theme of usurpation
‘well: I am standing…’
‘well:i am standing water.’( Sebastian)
‘I’ll teach you how to flow’ (Antonio)
-metaphor
-teach him how to act
'’tis impossible that’s he’s…’
‘tis impossible that he’s undrowned / as that sleeps here swims’
ANTONIO
-euphamisn
-declaritive statement
-it is impossible Ferdinand is alive
‘and look how well my..’
‘and look how well my garment sits upon me,
ANTONIO
-theme of clothing
-look how good I look in my new role as duke
-clothing imagery,
-garments assign power
‘twenty consciences…’
‘twenty consciences / thats stand t’wixt me and Milan, candied be they,/ and melt ere they molest’
ANTONIO
-conscience would be as insubstantial and candy floss
-metaphor
‘draw together:…’
‘draw together:/ and when I rear my hand , do you the like/ to fall it on Gonzalo’
ANTONIO
-imperative
-kill gonzalo as he may not kill his own brother
-areil then appears playing music to awake the others sp they are unable to kill Alonso
‘as thou got’st …’
‘as thou got’st Milan, / ill come by Naples’
SEBASTIAN
-pesuaded by Antonio to kill his brother
[Antonio and Sebastian draw their swords]
gonzalo [waking] [shakes Alonso]
-gonzalo ask why they have their swords drawn, they claim to be ‘securing your response’
how does at 3 end
‘Prospero my lord shall know what I have done. / so, king, go safely on to seek thy son’ [exeunt]
-Ariel and prospero manipulating the whole situation
-they want Alonso to kind Ferdinand
