The Tempest- Questions

April 25, 2007

The two sentences i didnt understand were:

Fine apparition! My quint Ariel,
Hark in thine ear.

This blue-eyed hag was hither brought with child
And here was left by th’ sailors.

Two sentences i do understand:

You taught me language, and my profit
Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!

Meaning:

You taught me language, and all I can do with it is curse.
Damn you for teaching me your language!

Oh ho, oh ho! Would ‘t had been done!
Thou didst prevent me. I had peopled else
This isle with Calibans.

Meaning:

Oh ho, oh ho! I wish I had! You stopped me. If you hadn’t,
I would have filled this island with a race of Calibans.

Two questions about the plot of the book:

What is Miranda’s role in our world for the future?

What does Prospero’s magic symbolize in our world?