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14 Cards in this Set
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Lie there my art |
Ambigious characters itv of P: God like magus and fallible human. His removal of his coat is a prelude to his exposure of his humanity. The cloak becomes associated with magic. When he takes the huge coat off = frail old man Depending on the production I think the cloak should be grand and beautiful. ^ Limitiation: The Sam playhouse didn't have this and it looked odd.
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I pray thee mark me |
Every time he tells the tale of his opposite wicked brother: he makes sure she is listening. |
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Thy mother was a piece of virtue |
The only reference to her mother. Comical: it fits the genre because it draws upon male anxieties of paternity (cuckoldry) |
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Both, both my girl |
signals the genre of the play. Tragicomedy. |
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A sinner of his memory, to credit his own lie. |
This relates back to Prospero and his telling of the tale. Has he repeated his version so many times that he has began to think of it as the truth? |
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Stripes |
Violent whipping. Post-colonial: Audiences will look at this word differently. |
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Violate the honour of my child |
Reference to Caliban apparently 'raping' Miranda. Is Prospero's idea of rape anything he cannot be in control of? Prospero acted deliberately? ^ Prospero takes Miranda to Caliban to show what he did to her and then show her Ferdiand who she will compare the difference between both men and fall in love with F: Machiavellian. |
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Old cramps |
AO4: Reference to how small pox killed the natives? Totalitarian |
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one word more; I charge thee |
Prospero felt threatened by Ferdiand (a younger man) announcing that he will take Miranda and make her queen of Naples. He is confusing Antonio with Ferdinand : Political usurpation V.S Emotional usurpation |
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Breed between 'em |
2 asides: 1 negative and the other positive. Banishing sex: in the masque scene P try's to banish sex (not having Cupid or Venus), however, the sexual ideas arrives in the end with the 2 genders dancing together. Dinisty |
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Husks/ Wherein the acorn cradeld |
Prospero in effect is the husk who cradeld his acorn and now has to leave it. Bereaved |
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Gift...acquisition...purchased |
Words that P uses in reference to M. Objectifying M. Patriarchal : passing from one man to the other. He will give her...F won't take her. |
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Virgin knot |
In the 17th century: This would have been a delicate subject (with Queen Elizabeth). In the 18 + 19th Century: This was spoken about a lot and seen as morally correct. In the 21st century: this is strange because the father seems to be wanting to control her sexuality. |
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