The Tempest

Sc. 2, Line 36: What are examples of lines shared between speakers on this page? What impact do these shared lines have on the reader?

MIRANDA

You have often
Begun to tell me what I am, but stopp'd
And left me to a bootless inquisition,
Concluding 'Stay: not yet.'

Asked by Bookragstutor 4 on 14 Dec 05:03

Last updated by Cat on 14 Dec 05:07

1 Answers

Answered by Cat on 14 Dec 05:07

We finally get to figure out what's up with Miranda and Prospero. Really this is Shakespeare filling in backstory for the reader. Prospero was Duke of Milan and Miranda a princess forced into exile on this island:

By foul play, as thou sayst, were we heaved thence,But blessedly holp hither.

Uncle Antonio is the villain here. Now the reader can truly appreciate the themes of revenge, mercy and reconciliation.