Key Quotations (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Prospero's 'art' in The Tempest
Prospero's 'art' in The Tempest
His magic, presented as precise science not chaotic sorcery
Speaker of 'Hell is empty and all the devils are here'
Speaker of 'Hell is empty and all the devils are here'
Ariel
Caliban's 'profit' from learning language
Caliban's 'profit' from learning language
He knows how to curse - uses it as resistance tool
Prospero: 'The rarer action is in virtue than in...'
Prospero: 'The rarer action is in virtue than in...'
vengeance - his moment of choosing forgiveness over revenge
What Prospero does to his staff and book in Act 5
What Prospero does to his staff and book in Act 5
Breaks staff, drowns book - symbolic rejection of magic power
Device in Miranda's 'How beauteous mankind is' speech
Device in Miranda's 'How beauteous mankind is' speech
Dramatic irony - audience knows 'goodly creatures' are villains
What 'isle is full of noises' speech reveals about Caliban
What 'isle is full of noises' speech reveals about Caliban
His poetic sensitivity and aesthetic sophistication
Epilogue's theatrical quality in The Tempest
Epilogue's theatrical quality in The Tempest
Meta-theatrical - breaks fourth wall, acknowledges illusion
Technique in Boatswain's 'roarers' for waves
Technique in Boatswain's 'roarers' for waves
Personification - challenges social hierarchy via nature's power
Name of Caliban's god
Name of Caliban's god
Setebos