NB: LINE NUMBERS FOR QUOTATION IN BRACKETS I, ii, 66 – 132 Thesis: Through the usage of various literary devices that support and enhance the contents of his story, Prospero is a master storyteller [who portrays his brother in a villainous light]. continuously tells Miranda to listen to him: “I pray thee mark me” (68, 88), “Dost thou attend me?”(78), “Thou attend’st not?” (87), “Dost thou hear?” (106) → Prospero uses story-telling to control and manipulate, in this case to manipulate Miranda’s feelings to evoke sympathy for himself and anger towards his brother and the King of Naplesdiction: perfidious → treacherous, but also deliberately faithless, conjures up image of scheming man who purposefully overthrows his brother for own gaindual-meaning of “state”: “state” (70) as in estate, domain or land, and “state” (76), as in
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mental state and knowledgepause (indicated by dash) after “Thy false uncle”(77) → to create tension and emphasisrepetition of “false”, as in “thy false uncle”(77) and “my false brother” (92): needs to drill in the point that Antonio is evil etc. while Prospero is virtuous and kindmultiple negative meanings/connotations to the word “false” (such as untruthful, disloyal, unfaithful, misleading, deceptive, treacherous, corrupt, falsify, cheat)“who to trash for overtopping”(81) → irony, as Antonio “overtops” Prospero of his position as Duke of Milan“key” (83) → pun, leading to metaphor of “set all hearts i’ th’ state/ To what tune pleased his ear”(85-86)metaphor: “he ...

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