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The Tempest Act I ANCHOR TEXT | DRAMA The Tempest Act I William Shakespeare CHARACTERS The Scene: An uninhabited island. Alonso, King of Naples Stephano, a drunken butler Sebastian, his brother Master of a ship Prospero, the right Duke of Milan Boatswain Antonio, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan Mariners Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples Miranda, daughter to Prospero Gonzalo, an honest old councilor Ariel, an airy spirit © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. or its affiliates. Inc., Education, © Pearson Adrian and Francisco, lords Iris, Ceres, Juno, Nymphs, Reapers: [presented by] Spirits Caliban, a savage and deformed slave [Other Spirits Attending on Prospero] Trinculo, a jester 512 UNIT 5 • VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE SCAN FOR MULTIMEDIA Scene i • On a ship at sea. NOTES [A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard. Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain.] Master. Boatswain! Boatswain. Here, master. What cheer?1 1. What cheer? What is your will? What do you wish? Master. Good,2 speak to th’ mariners! Fall to’t, yarely,3 or we run 2. Good good fellow. ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir! 3. yarely adv. vigorously; briskly; [Exit.] quickly. [Enter Mariners.] 5 Boatswain. Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail! Tend to th’ master’s whistle!4 Blow till 4. whistle n. high-pitched whistle thou burst thy wind, if room enough!5 used to give orders. 5. Blow . enough This is [Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, addressed to the wind and and others.] means “Blow until you split or burst as long as we are in the Alonso. Good boatswain, have care. Where’s the master? open sea and have room to Play the men.6 maneuver.” 6. Play the men Make the 10 Boatswain. I pray now, keep below. men work. Antonio. Where is the master, bos’n? Boatswain. Do you not hear him? You mar our labor. Keep your cabins; you do assist the storm. Gonzalo. Nay, good, be patient. 15 Boatswain. When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers7 7. roarers n. loud, noisy characters (here, referring for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! Trouble us not! either to the waves or Gonzalo. Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard. to Alonso, Antonio, and Gonzalo). Boatswain. None that I more love than myself. You are a councilor; if you can command these elements to silence and 8. command . present order the raging storm to stop and bring 20 work the peace of the present,8 we will not hand9 a rope more. peace to the present (as you Use your authority. If you cannot, give thanks you have lived so are accustomed to doing in long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of your job as king’s councilor). the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly,10 good hearts! Out of our way, I say. 9. hand v. handle. 10. cheerly adv. quickly. [Exit.] 11. no drowning . gallows this Gonzalo. I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks he alludes to a popular proverb, “He that’s born to be hanged 25 hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect need fear no drowning.” gallows.11 Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging! Make the rope 12. for . advantage our own 12 of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he destiny will not save us from © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. or its affiliates. Inc., Education, © Pearson be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable. drowning. [Exit with the rest.] [Enter Boatswain.] The Tempest, Act I 513 Boatswain. Down with the topmast! Yare! Lower, lower! Bring NOTES 13 30 her to try with main course. [A cry within.] A plague upon this 13. Bring . course nautical term howling! They are louder than the weather or our office.14 meaning “Bring the ship about to try to hold the course.” [Enter Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo.] 14. They . office The passengers Yet again! What do you here? Shall we give o’er15 and drown? are noisier than the storm or Have you a mind to sink? our work. 16 15. give o’er give up. Sebastian. A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, 16. pox . throat a plague or 35 incharitable dog! curse on your throat. Boatswain. Work you, then. Antonio. Hang, cur! Hang, you insolent noisemaker! We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. 17. warrant him for guarantee him Gonzalo. I’ll warrant him for17 drowning, though the ship against. 40 were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched18 18. unstanched adj. not checked wench. or stopped. Boatswain. Lay her ahold, ahold! Set her two courses! Off to sea 19. Lay . off Get control. Bring again! Lay her off!19 her back on course. Get the ship out to sea. Get her away [Enter Mariners wet.] from shore. Mariners. All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost! [Exit.] 45 Boatswain. What, must our mouths be cold? Gonzalo. The King and Prince at prayers! Let’s assist them, For our case is as theirs. Sebastian. I’m out of patience. 20. merely adv. totally; completely. Antonio. We are merely20 cheated of our lives by drunkards. 21. wide-chopped adj. big- This wide-chopped21 rascal—would thou mightst lie drowning mouthed; talkative. 50 The washing of ten tides!22 22. ten tides Pirates were tied down on the shore and left to Gonzalo. He’ll be hanged yet, drown by the washing of tides Though every drop of water swear against it over them, usually three. And gape at wid’st to glut him. [A confused noise within] “Mercy on us!” “We split, we split!” “Farewell, my wife and children!” “Farewell, brother!” “We split, we split, we split!” [Exit Boatswain.] 55 Antonio. Let’s all sink wi’ th’ king. Sebastian. Let’s take leave of him. [Exit with Antonio.] 23. heath n. heather, a shrub that grows on open wasteland. Gonzalo. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for 23 24 24. furze n. gorse, a shrub that an acre of barren ground—long heath, brown furze, puts forth yellow flowers. anything. The wills above be done, but I would fain25 die a © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. or its affiliates. Inc., Education, © Pearson 25. fain adv. rather. dry death. [Exit.] 514 UNIT 5 • VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE Scene ii • The island. In front of Prospero’s cell. NOTES [Enter Prospero and Miranda.] Miranda. If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch But that the sea, mounting to th’ welkin’s cheek,1 1. welkin’s cheek sky’s clouds. 5 Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! A brave2 vessel 2. brave adj. splendid. (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished! 10 Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere3 3. ere prep. before. It should the good ship so have swallowed and The fraughting4 souls within her. 4. fraughting adj. laden, referring back to the ship, which is Prospero. Be collected. loaded with a cargo of souls. No more amazement.5 Tell your piteous6 heart 5. amazement n. bewilderment; 15 There’s no harm done. alarm; consternation. Miranda. O, woe the day! 6. piteous adj. filled with pity; compassionate. Prospero. No harm. I have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee my dear one, thee my daughter, who Art ignorant of what thou art, naught knowing Of whence I am, nor that I am more better7 7. more better of higher rank. 20 Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell, And thy no greater father.8 8. thy . father your father, who is no greater than master of a Miranda. More to know poor cave. 9 Did never meddle with my thoughts. 9. meddle v. mix. Prospero. ’Tis time I should inform thee farther. Lend thy hand And pluck my magic garment from me. So. [Lays down his robe.] 25 Lie there, my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort. The direful spectacle of the wrack,10 which touched 10. wrack n. wreck. The very virtue11 of compassion in thee, 11. virtue n. essence. I have with such provision12 in mine art 12. provision n. foresight. So safely ordered that there is no soul— 30 No, not so much perdition13 as an hair 13. perdition n. loss. Betid14 to any creature in the vessel 14. Betid befallen; happened. Which thou heard’st cry, which thou saw’st sink. Sit down; © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. or its affiliates. Inc., Education, © Pearson For thou must now know farther. The Tempest, Act I 515 Miranda. You have often NOTES Begun to tell me what I am; but stopped 15. bootless adj. pointless; 35 And left me to a bootless15 inquisition, fruitless; useless. Concluding, “Stay; not yet.” Prospero. The hour’s now come; The very minute bids thee ope thine ear. Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell? 40 I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not 16. Out beyond; past more than. Out16 three years old. Miranda. Certainly, sir, I can. Prospero. By what? By any other house or person? Of anything the image tell me that Hath kept with thy remembrance.
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