The Tempest (OCR A Level English Literature): Flashcards
Exam code: H472
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Fill in the gap: "My library / Was ＿＿＿＿＿ large enough"
Prospero, Act 1 Scene 2
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Fill in the gap: "My library / Was ＿＿＿＿＿ large enough"
Prospero, Act 1 Scene 2
Answer: "My library / Was dukedom large enough"
Fill in the gap: "We are such stuff / As ＿＿＿＿＿ are made on"
Prospero, Act 4 Scene 1
Answer: "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on"
Fill in the gap: "Be not afeard; the isle is full of ＿＿＿＿＿"
Caliban, Act 3 Scene 2
Answer: "Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises"
Fill in the gap: "By foul play, as thou say'st, were we ＿＿＿＿＿ thence"
Prospero, Act 1 Scene 2
Answer: "By foul play, as thou say'st, were we heav'd thence"
Key quote: "What cares these roarers for the name of king?"
Boatswain, Act 1 Scene 1
Analysis
The storm ignores rank, so the sailors give the orders and the nobles must obey. The rhetorical question shows the usual hierarchy collapsing as soon as nature takes over.
Key quote: "And these, mine enemies, are all knit up / In their distractions. They now are in my pow'r"
Prospero, Act 3 Scene 3
Analysis
The word "knit" makes Prospero's control sound like a web his enemies are tangled in. He talks about people as objects he has arranged, which shows how far his power now reaches.
Key quote: "For I am all the subjects that you have, / Which first was mine own king"
Caliban, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
Caliban borrows Prospero's own language of kings and subjects to describe his loss of power. Being both the only subject and the former ruler shows how complete Prospero's control is.
Key quote: "I must obey. His art is of such power it would control my dam's god"
Caliban, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
The short opening sentence carries Caliban's resignation, because obedience is not a choice. Prospero's magic outranks even the god of Caliban's mother, so its power feels absolute.
Key quote: "And then I lov'd thee, / And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle"
Caliban, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
Caliban remembers helping Prospero survive before he was enslaved. The past tense makes the betrayal feel mutual and complicates our sympathy for Prospero.
Key quote: "The rarer action is / In virtue than in vengeance"
Prospero, Act 5 Scene 1
Analysis
Prospero chooses forgiveness over revenge, and the alliteration links the two options he is weighing. Calling mercy the "rarer" choice admits how tempting vengeance had been.
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