莎劇賞析之十二：《暴風雨》
The Tempest
董崇選
中山醫大應用外語系教授
懂更懂學習英文網站負責人
網址：http://dgdel.nchu.edu.tw
I. The Plot:
• Type: Romantic Comedy 或
Romantic Fantasy
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Time: 15th Century
Locale: An island in the sea
(the Mediterranean Sea)
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First presented: 1611
II. Principal Characters:
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Prospero: the former & rightful Duke of Milan
Miranda: Prospero’s daughter
Alonso: King of Naples
Ferdinand: Alonso’s son
Antonio: Prospero’s treacherous brother
Sebastian: Alonso’s brother
Gonzalo: a courtier faithful to Prospero
Ariel: a spirit faithful to Prospero
Caliban: the monstrous son of Sycorax
Stephano: a drunken butler
Trinculo: a clownish companion of Stephano
III. The Story:
• 第一幕: Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, and their
retainers are coming back from Tunis. Their
ships are endangered by a wild storm caused by
Prospero’s “art.” Miranda fears that the ships
might sink. Prospero assures her that no harm
is done. Then he tells her how Antonio usurped
his dukedom and how he and Miranda came to
live on the island. And then he questions Ariel,
making sure that everything has happened as
planned. Ariel lures Ferdinand to the spot where
he and Miranda may fall in love at first sight.
III. The Story:
• 第二幕: Gonzalo attempts to console Alonso, who
regrets having married his daughter to Tunis. Ariel lulls
all to sleep except Sebastian and Antonio. Antonio urges
Sebastian to kill Alonso in sleep and usurp his kingdom.
But Ariel awakens Gonzalo in time and the King is saved.
Meanwhile, Caliban lies down to escape the notice of
Trinculo, who then crawls under Caliban’s cloak for fear
of the impending storm. Stephano enters singing tipsily.
He mistakes Trinculo and Caliban for a rare monster.
Finally, Caliban swears to serve Stephano for the sake of
his divine alcohol.
III. The Story:
• 第三幕: Prospero sets Firdinand to carrying
wood to test his love for Miranda. Miranda offers
to do the work for Ferdinand. They confess their
love for each other. Caliban urges Stephano to
free him by murdering Propero, and to usurp the
island and marry Miranda. Ariel overhears the
plot. Alonzo and his party are shown a series of
illusory spectacles and are lectured on their sins.
Alonso repents and resolves to find his son.
III. The Story:
• 第四幕: Prospero is satisfied with Ferdinand and
promises Miranda to him. He then orders Ariel
to arrange a spectacle for the two lovers. Spirits
in the forms of Iris, Ceres, and Juno promise
them blessings. Prospero remembers Caliban’s
conspiracy. The three plotters are made to
dance in s stinking pond. Stephano and Trinculo
forget their aim when they see some fine
garments placed on a tree. Finally, Prospero
and Ariel set spirits in the shape of hounds to
hunt the three.
III. The Story:
• 第五幕: Ariel reports to Prospero about their
enemies’ plight and says he himself is moved by
pity. Prospero is contented with the penitence of
his victims. He renounces his magic and
explains everything to Alonso and the others.
The missing Ferdinand is restored to his father,
who then meets Miranda, his future daughter-inlaw. The spellbound sailors are released.
Prospero sends all aboard the vessel and
promises a calm voyage back to Naples. Ariel
gains his freedom at last.
IV. Famous Lines:
• “Be collected;
No more amazement: tell your piteous heart
There’s no harm done.” --Prospero to Miranda
• “... now he was
The ivy which had hid my princely trunk,
And sucked my verdure out on it.”
--Prospero to Miranda
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“... it was mine Art,
When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape
The pine, and let thee out.” --Prospero to Ariel
IV. Famous Lines:
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“This island is mine, by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou take from me. ...
... All the charms of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light
on you!
For I am all the subjects that you have,
Which first was mine own King: and here you sty me
In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me
The rest of the island.” --Caliban to Prospero
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“You taught me language; and my profit on it
Is, I know how to curse.” --Caliban to Prospero
IV. Famous Lines:
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“Full fadom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.” --Ariel’s song
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“... but this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.” --Prospero to himself
IV. Famous Lines:
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“In the commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
... no sovereignty.” --Gonzalo to Antonio & Sebastian
“The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the
beginning.” --Antonio to Sebastian
“Ay, Sir: where lies that? If it were a kibe
It would put me to my slipper: but I feel not
This deity in my bosom: twenty consciences,
That stand betwixt me and Milan, candied be they,
And melt, ere they molest.” --Antonio to Sebastian
IV. Famous Lines:
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“I’ll swear, upon that bottle, to be thy true subject;
For the liquor is not earthly.” --Caliban to Stephano
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“Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air.
And, ....
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.” --Prospero to Ferdinand & Miranda
IV. Famous Lines:
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“A devil, a born devil, on whose nature
Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains,
Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;
And as with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers.” --Prospero to himself about Caliban
“... the rarer action is
In virtue than in vengeance.” --Prospero to Ariel
“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in it!” --Miranda to Prospero et al.
V. Discussion:
– What does the play suggest about
usurpation?
– What does the play suggest about slavery?
– What colonial and postcolonial ideas are
embedded in the play?
– What does the tempest stand for in the play?
– Does the play suggest that life is really like a
vision or dream?