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Prospero tells Miranda the story of how they came to be stranded on the island. Prospero had become engrossed in his magical studies and neglected his duties as Duke of Milan, leaving the government in the hands of his brother Antonio. Antonio conspired with the King of Naples to overthrow Prospero, seizing his dukedom. They left Prospero and Miranda to die at sea, but they survived and washed ashore on the uninhabited island where they now live.

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Act 1 Scene 2

Prospero tells Miranda the story of how they came to be stranded on the island. Prospero had become engrossed in his magical studies and neglected his duties as Duke of Milan, leaving the government in the hands of his brother Antonio. Antonio conspired with the King of Naples to overthrow Prospero, seizing his dukedom. They left Prospero and Miranda to die at sea, but they survived and washed ashore on the uninhabited island where they now live.

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The Tempest

Act 1 Scene 2
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Summary from p.15 till p.25

● Scene 2 opens on the island, with Prospero and Miranda watching the ship as it is tossed by the
storm. Miranda knows that her father is creating the storm, and she begs him to end the ship's
torment and her own, since she suffers as she watches the ship's inhabitants suffer. Prospero
reassures his daughter that his actions have been to protect her. He also tells Miranda that she is
ignorant of her heritage; he then explains the story of her birthright and of their lives before they came
to be on the island.
● Prospero begins his story with the news that he is the duke of Milan and Miranda is a princess. He
also relates that he had abdicated day-to-day rule of his kingdom to his brother, Antonio. Prospero
admits that books held more attraction than duties, and he willingly allowed his brother the
opportunity to grasp control. But Antonio used his position to undermine Prospero and to plot against
him. Prospero's trust in his brother proved unwise, when Antonio formed an alliance with the king of
Naples to oust Prospero and seize his heritage. Prospero and his daughter were placed in a small,
rickety boat and put out to sea. A sympathetic Neapolitan, Gonzalo, provided them with rich garments,
linens, and other necessities. Gonzalo also provided Prospero with books from his library. Eventually,
Prospero and Miranda arrived on the island, where they have remained since that time.
P.15
Miranda
If by your Art,my dearest father,you have
Put the wild waters in this roar,allay them.
The sky,it seems would you pour down stinking pitch,
But that the sea,mounting to the welkin`s cheek,
Dashes the fire out.Oh,I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!A brave vessel,….

1.Why does Miranda mean by `art`in the first line?What has her father
Prospero done by his `art`?
By `art` Miranda means her father`s magical powers.He raised a storm
and almost drowned his enemy`s ship.
2.What does Miranda request Prospero to do now ?Why?
Miranda requests her father to bring the state of normal,by making the sea
calm because she has a soft heart and is distressed to see the travelers on the
ship perishing in the storm.

3. How does Miranda describe the sky and the sea?


Miranda becomes poetic after witnessing the distress of the passengers on the
ship.The sky seemed to be dark like it would rain down boiling hot tar and the
sea rose up to the sky as though to strike its face so that all its lights were
extinguished.

4. What do the last two lines show about Miranda`s nature?


Miranda actually empathizes with suffering ones.She has a loving heart and can
not bear to see anyone suffer.

5.A little Miranda later says that she would have done something if she were
any ‘god of power.’What would have she done?
Miranda says that if she had divine powers,she would have sunk the sea inside
the earth before it had swallowed the ship and the people traveling in it.
P.17

You have often


Begun to tell me what I am ,but stopped,
And left me to a bootless inquisition,
Concluding ‘Stay;not yet.’

1.Who is Miranda addressing ? Where are the characters now?


Miranda is addressing her father Prospero.The characters are on a
remote island near Naples.

2.What terrible event had happened at the beginning of scene 2 ?


A terrible storm arose in which the passengers of Alonso`s ship were
thrown into the sea.
3.Give the meaning of ‘bootless inquisition’.
The phrase means ‘useless inquiry’. Miranda had tried to ask her father several
times how he came to the island but he never told her anything.

4.What story does Prospero address to tell his daughter Miranda?


Prospero told his daughter Miranda how his brother and King of Naples Alonso
plotted against him and banished him and her from his country.They were put in
a flimsy boat not even fit for the rats and abondoned to die.But Gonzalo had
placed the essentials and Prospero’s magic books in the boat and by God’s
grace,they were saved and finally,they landed on the island.
P.21 line 75
Those being all my study,
The government I cast upon my brother,
And to my state grew stranger , being transported
And rapt in secret studies . Thy false uncle-
Dost thou attend me ?

1.What does Prospero mean by ‘those being all my studies’? Whom does he refer to as false
uncle ? Why?
Prospero is referring to his studies in magic which became his sole interest in life , so much so that
he left the administration of his Dukedom to his brother . He refers to his brother , Antonio , as
the ’false uncle ’ as he was ruthless towards Miranda too and being an infant at that time had left
her to die.
2.What does Prospero say about Milan and its duke at this point of time?
Prospero says that his state was recognized as the first of all states in Italy and he was
considered as the first among dukes and also had no parallel for dignity and knowledge of
liberal arts.

3.Explain the meaning of the extract.


Prospero says that he got so interested in the studies of the occult that he began to take
less interest in the administration of his country and left it in the hands of his younger
brother.
But this trust proved to be misplaced as his brother cheated him.

4.How did Prospero lose his dukedom and who was responsible for it?
Prospero lost his kingdom as he entrusted the administration of his state to his brother who
plotted against him by influencing some of the powerful people in his country and also with
the help of the King of Naples. They banished him and his daughter or rather left them to
die .

5.Why does Prospero ask’Dost thou attend me?’


Prospero feels that Miranda is tired of the long story and is feeling sleepy.He wants her to
complette attention,so in order to ensure that she is listening,he asks this question.
P.23
Prospero
Being once perfected how to grant suits,
How to deny them,who’t advance ,and who
To trash for over-topping,new created
The creatures that were mine,I say,or changed them,
Or else new formed them;having both the key
Of officer and office ,set all hearts i`the state
To what tune pleased his ear;that now he was
The ivy which had hid my princely trunk,
And sucked my verdure out on `t.Thou attend`st not?
1.Who is Prospero talking about?In what context does this conversation take
place?
Prospero is talking about his brother Antonio,whom he has treated as his own
son.In order to take revenge against his brother and his enemies ,he creates a
storm with the help of his brother and other enemies,he creates a storm with
the help of his magic powers.It is time,Miranda knew the whole story;hence
these words from the significance.

2.Explain the meaning of the extract.


Prospero remembers that after Antonio,his brother got the reins in his hand,he
learned how to grant a petition,how to reject it,whom to promote,whom to keep
away from power and generally influenced the officials in his favor.He gained
complete control to the officers and took away all the powers of Prospero.

3.What is the figure of speech used to describe the person talking about?
Explain.
The figure of speech is a metaphor.Antonio is said to be parasite that covered
the host plant,the oak tree ( Prospero) sucking out all his sop of power.
4.What does Prospero further say about Antonio?
Prospero further says that Antonio became greedy for power encouraged especially
by the blind faith his brother had on him.He assumed the power of the lord and
got control over the revenue generated and all other relevant matters of the
state.He started believing that he was the king and his ambitions soared higher and
higher.

5.Where is Antonio now after the shipwreck ?


Antonio is on the island where Prospero and Miranda are living . He has been ship-
wrecked and brought to the shore by the magic of Prospero and the supernatural
powers of Ariel.
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