The Tempest Quotes

Question 1

What cares these roarers

Answer 1

for the name of king? ( nature vs human world)

Question 2

O, I have suffered

Answer 2

with those that I saw suffer! (mirandas empathy)

Question 3

I pray thee, mark me,

Answer 3

that a brother should
Be so perfidious!

Question 4

To my state grew stranger,

Answer 4

being transported
And rapt in secret studies. ( prospero neglected his dukedom)

Question 5

Good wombs have

Answer 5

borne bad sons (nature/nurture)

Question 6

‘Tis a villain, sir,

Answer 6

I do not love to look on. (mirandas compassion only extends so far)

Question 7

This island’s

Answer 7

mine (inheritance)

Question 8

This island’s

Answer 8

And show’d thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle.

Question 9

thou didst seek to violate

Answer 9

The honour of my child.

Question 10

You taught me language, and my profit on’t
Is,

Answer 10

i know how to curse

Question 11

My strong imagination sees a crown

Answer 11

Dropping upon thy head. (antonio manipulating sebastian)

Question 12

At this hour

Answer 12

Lies at my mercy all mine enemies (prospero and his power over others)

Question 13

For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother…

Answer 13

…I do forgive
Thy rankest fault. (prosperos forgivenmess for his brother)

Question 14

Let us not burthen our remembrance with

Answer 14

A heaviness that’s gone.

Question 15

As you from crimes would pardoned be,

Answer 15

Let your indulgence set me free. (prospero asks the audience for forgiveness) (his soliloquy is often taken as Shakespeares last goodbye to the stage)

Question 16

And look how well my garments

Answer 16

sit upon me;