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The Tempest Act IV Review

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  • Who is Iris?
    She is Juno's messenger and the goddess of the rainbow.
  • How do Prospero and Ariel chase Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo out of the cell?
    They summon spirits in the form of hunters and dogs to chase them away.
  • What bait do Prospero and Ariel set for Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo?
    They leave out Prospero's good clothes from when he was the Duke.
  • Who said this: "Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody / thoughts." (IV.i.219-20)
    Stephano
  • Who said this: "Earth's increase, foison plenty, / Barns and garners never empty, / Vines and clust'ring bunches growing, Plants with goodly burthen bowing; / Spring come to you at the farthest / In the very end of harvest." (IV.i.110-5)
    Ceres
  • Who said this: "Monster, I do smell all horse piss, at which my nose is / in great indignation." (IV.i.198-9)
    Trinculo
  • Who is Juno and what does she represent?
    She is the Queen of the Gods and she represents marriage and fertility.
  • Who is Ceres and what does she represent?
    She is the goddess of agriculture and she represents nature, growth, prosperity, and rebirth.
  • Who said this: "They were red-hot with drinking; / So full of valor that they smote the air / For breathing in their faces, beat the ground / For kissing of their feet; yet always bending / Towards their project." (IV.i.171-5)
    Ariel
  • How do Prospero and Ariel hide themselves from Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo?
    They make themselves invisible.
  • How does Prospero "calm down" after his outburst in front of Miranda and Ferdinand?
    He goes for a walk
  • How do Stephano and Trinculo feel about losing their wine?
    They feels as if they lost more than their honor and are now more fixated on that than the task at hand.
  • How does Prospero feel at the end of act IV?
    He feels like all of his enemies are at his mercy.
  • What promise does Prospero want Ferdinand to make?
    Prospero wants Ferdinand to not break Miranda's "virgin knot" before their wedding ceremony.
  • Why didn't Ariel warn Prospero about Caliban during Ceres' show?
    Ariel was worried the news would upset Prospero.
  • Who said this: "Our worser genius can, shall never melt / Mine honor into lust, to take away / the edge of that day's celebration / When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are foundered / Or night kept chained below." (IV.i.27-21)
    Ferdinand
  • What does Ferdinand think of the spirits?
    Ferdinand is awestruck by the spirits and claims he wants to live on the island with Prospero and Miranda forever.
  • Where did Ariel leave the "varlets" (IV.i.170) at the end of act III?
    Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo are extremely drunk and in the pond behind Prospero's cell.
  • Who said this: "A contract of true love to celebrate / And some donation freely to estate / On the blest lovers." (IV.i.83-5)
    Iris
  • What did the three spirits that Prospero summoned for Ferdinand and Miranda do?
    They blessed the lovers with honor and wished that they have a long and fruitful marriage.
  • Who said this: "Pray you tread softly, that the blind mole may not /Hear a foot fall. We now are near his cell." (IV.i.194-5)
    Caliban
  • Who said this: "The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, / the solemn temples, the great globe itself, / Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, / And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, / Leave not a rack behind." (IV.i.152-6)
    Prospero
  • What did Prospero forget about?
    Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo coming to kill him.