We all were sea-swallow’d, Antonio compares the though some cast again, Antonio We’ve all just survived shipwreck to the And by that destiny to perform an encourages Act 2 drowning, so we prologue of a play, act Sebastian to kill Scene 1 Antonio should take the future with the main action Whereof what’s past is prologue, his father into our own hands. (killing Alonso) still to what to come come In yours and my discharge. Prospero paid Prospero admits that too much I was so interested in his interest in magic My library Act 1 attention to his Prospero my books that they took over his life and Was dukedom large enough. Scene 2 magic books in became my whole life. meant that he the past neglected his work Trinculo’s A fish: he smells This is a graphic descriptions of He smells like a cheap Like a fish; a very ancient and Act 2 description of Caliban Caliban depict Trinculo fish that is beginning fish-like smell: a kind of Scene 2 as extremely him as very to go rotten Not of the newest Poor-John. unappealing unattractive A strange fish! Prospero Prospero tells Alonso encourages the that thinking too much Let us not burthen our Let’s not be sad about other characters Act 5 about the past is not Prospero remembrance with things that have to think about Scene 1 helpful and they happened in the past A heaviness that’s gone. the future not should concentrate on the past the future
Antonio encourages Sebastian to kill his father Act 2 Scene 1 Antonio We all were sea-swallow’d, though some cast again, And by that destiny to perform an act Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge. We’ve all just survived drowning, so we should take the future into our own hands. Antonio compares the shipwreck to the prologue of a play, with the main action (killing Alonso) still to come Prospero paid too much attention to his magic books in the past Act 1 Scene 2 Prospero My library Was dukedom large enough. I was so interested in my books that they became my whole life. Prospero admits that his interest in magic took over his life and meant that he neglected his work Trinculo’s descriptions of Caliban depict him as very unattractive Act 2 Scene 2 Trinculo A fish: he smells Like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell: a kind of Not of the newest Poor-John. A strange fish! He smells like a cheap fish that is beginning to go rotten This is a graphic description of Caliban as extremely unappealing Prospero encourages the other characters to think about the future not the past Act 5 Scene 1 Prospero Let us not burthen our remembrance with A heaviness that’s gone. Let’s not be sad about things that have happened in the past Prospero tells Alonso that thinking too much about the past is not helpful and they should concentrate on the future