The Tempest

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by William Shakespeare


  201 compass encircle

  204 goodly splendid, worthy

  209 eld'st oldest, longest

  215 one i.e. a living father

  217 renown report/honor

  221 hers i.e. her father (in-law)

  226 heaviness grief/weight

  227 inly inwardly

  230 chalked forth marked out

  233 Milan ... Milan i.e. the Duke of Milan (Prospero)... the dukedom 243 still always

  243 his heart the heart of anyone who

  248 blasphemy ... shore i.e. the Boatswain, who curses freely on his ship, is uncharacteristically silent 253 glasses hourglasses (i.e. three hours)

  253 gave out reported

  254 tight and yare efficient and seaworthy

  258 tricksy cleverly playful

  263 clapped under hatches shut up below deck

  264 several various

  267 at liberty i.e. released from below deck

  268 trim finery/clothes

  270 Cap'ring leaping/dancing

  270 On a trice instantly

  272 moping dazed, bewildered

  277 conduct guide/director

  280 beating dwelling

  281 picked leisure a chosen moment of free time

  282 be shortly single soon be undivided (referring to leisure) 283 Which ... probable in a manner that will convince you 284 happened accidents events that have taken place

  285 well easily/cheerfully

  290 shift look out for

  291 fortune chance, fate

  291 Coraggio "have courage" (Italian)

  291 bully gallant/my old mate

  293 spies i.e. eyes

  301 like likely

  301 One ... fish presumably Caliban

  303 badges livery

  304 true legitimate/honest

  307 And ... power could adopt some of the moon's power without its authority/could operate beyond the reach of the moon's power 309 bastard illegitimate/hybrid

  316 reeling ripe drunk and staggering

  317 gilded flushed/enlivened

  318 pickle trouble/inebriation/state of being preserved in liquor 320 will ... bones (the alcohol) will never leave my body 320 fly-blowing decay (the blow-fly lays eggs in dead flesh) 324 cramp i.e. doubled-up from either the pinches of Ariel's torment or drunkenness 325 sirrah sir (contemptuous)

  326 sore aching/dreadful

  328 manners behavior/moral conduct

  331 trim it handsomely adorn the cell beautifully

  333 grace mercy, direction

  333 thrice-double sixfold (three times two)

  341 waste pass away

  344 accidents events

  348 solemnized marked with ceremony

  350 Every third thought i.e. I will frequently meditate on death, as a good Christian should 353 Take ... strangely be an extraordinary, captivating thing to hear 356 expeditious swift

  356 catch catch up with

  359 draw near probably an invitation to the others to approach his cell, but the phrase also means "attend," thus preparing the audience for the epilogue 360 charms ... o'erthrown my magic is relinquished (o'erthrown plays on the sense of "usurped") 363 you the audience

  368 bands bonds

  369 hands i.e. in applause

  370 Gentle breath kind words/cries of approval

  372 want lack

  375 prayer approbation and forgiveness

  376 pierces ... assaults penetrates so deeply that it moves 379 indulgence approval (playing on the Catholic sense of "official release from sin")

 

 

 


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