“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” (IV, i, 156-158)
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I’ th’ commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things. For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty. (II, i, 140-49)
“You taught me language, and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse.” (I, ii, 365-366)
When Caliban says “You taught me language, and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse.” (I, ii, 365-366), he is speaking to Prospero. He says this because he is so frustrated that prospero will not treat him well as he used to and this is because Caliban raped Prospero's daughter, Miranda. When he says that all he can do is curse, he means that those were the only words that he used around Prospero and Miranda because they had treated him so badly. Caliban is asking for pity as well when he says this because he wants Prospero and Miranda to realize that his is in pain and he is calling for help. Yet he cannot hold back his anger because he has been treated so poorly.I think that Caliban deserves poor treatment because of what he has done. It was wrong of him to rape Miranda and her father Prospero has every right to treat him poorly. It seems as if Caliban sees Prospero as a father figure to her because he gave Caliban an education and kept him alive and it seems like Caliban wants that back. It is life that Caliban wants and do anything to get, he will even be a slave again just to live and survive. He just wants to be happy and kept in good condition and he is willing to do anything to get that and he is trying to guilt trip Prospero and Miranda to receive that. “I would not wish any companion in the world but you; Nor can imagination form a shape, besides yourself, to like of.”(III, i, 54-57)
Miranda is taken by Ferdinand when she first sees him because he is the only other man she has ever seen besides her father. She then falls in love within five minutes of knowing him and says “I would not wish any companion in the world but you; Nor can imagination form a shape, besides yourself, to like of.”(III, i, 54-57), which means that she sees herself with no one else but him. She thinks she is in love with him, but it is only because she is so fascinated by him. Miranda might have said this out of excitement or out of the fear of losing the only man that she could possibly be in love with. When Miranda says that she cannot imagine anyone else that she could be in love with is because she has not even seen another man besides her father. I believe that this love will not last forever because Miranda will eventually either run into another man or get off of the island. It seems as if they only are acting like they are in crazy love is because they want someone to be with when they are lonely, also Ferdinand is taken by her beauty. Overall, this Act was based on Miranda and Ferdinand's love for each other or the drunken men who were acting very strange. |
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