The Tempest- Questions
April 25, 2007The 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?
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