Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Tempest Key Quotations
- This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou takest from me.
- Introduces the theme of
colonialism
- Colonialism in its infancy in Jacobean England e.g. Magellan in Patagonia (heads in chests)
- Act 1 sc. 1 said by Caliban to Prospero
- Shows ownership of the island is disputed
- Social hierarchy dictates that Caliban should not own
land
- 'Caliban cannot rule the island because he is not
fully human' (Butler)
- but I feel not This deity in my bosom: twenty consciences, That stand 'twixt me
and Milan, candied be they And melt ere they molest!
- 'deity in the bosom' suggests the idea of an omnipotent god - he must be obeyed
- The melting of the consciences suggests that they have no impact, like an
ice dagger that has melted
- Link to Machiavelli - do whatever is necessary, ignore morality.
- thou didst seek to violate The
honour of my child.
- If Miranda had been 'deflowered', a 'deflowered daughter
would have tainted the family. (Butler)
- According to Montaigne 'primitive societies' had different sexual norms. This was abhorrent to western
minds
- I'll break my staff ... drown my
books'
- Uses his magic for good; neo-platonic science
- 'For all Propseros, the price of forgiveness is the
requirement to forgo magic' (Butler)
- 'You are three men of sin'
- By their actions they set in motion the play. Without the act of usurpation, there is no play.
- The motif of usurpation is seen again in the play: Sebastian and Antonio plot against Alonso; Caliban plots against
Prospero.
- '...this thing of darkness I acknowledge mine'
- 'He has taken all the necessary archetypes and integrated them within himself. We have
seen the unconscious played out as fantasy and then a return to reality.'(Barry Beck)
- Prospero is acknowledging the
dark side of his personality
(Jungian interpretation)
- Prospero's forgiveness has its limits - no sign of real forgiveness here.