Its Awfully Easy to Hold in Contempt the Straw Broken Home Test
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The Tempest: Act 4, Scene 1 Translation
A side-by-side translation of Act 4, Scene 1 of The Tempest from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
Original Text | Translated Text |
|---|---|
| Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
| Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. PROSPERO, to Ferdinand | Prospero comes clean to Ferdinand. He says the harsh trials he put Ferdinand through were only to test the guy's love for Miranda, who is incredibly important to Prospero—she's a third of his life! (And the other two-thirds are...hmm. Maybe Miranda's mom and Prospero himself? We're not sure, but that seems reasonable.) Anyway, Ferdinand passed the test, and he better believe Miranda was worth the trouble and then some. |
| FERDINAND I do believe it PROSPERO | Ferdinand agrees that Miranda is beyond awesome, and Prospero adds, "Oh, btw, if you have sex before you're officially married, the heavens will rain down misery on you, and you'll have a horrible marriage full of hatred instead of love." |
| FERDINAND As I hope 25 | Ferdinand assures Prospero that even if he's in the darkest, steamiest place, he'll keep his paws off Miranda so they can have a special wedding night. He adds that the wedding day will be agonizingly long and says that he'll be very anxious to get Miranda back to the honeymoon suite after the ceremony is over...which is kind of a creepy thing to hear your fiance say to your dad. |
| PROSPERO Fairly spoke. Enter Ariel. ARIEL PROSPERO ARIEL Presently? PROSPERO Ay, with a twink. ARIEL PROSPERO ARIEL Well; I conceive. 55 He exits. | Satisfied with his pre-wedding chat with Ferdinand, Prospero calls in Ariel, who has more work to do. Prospero wants to show some of his "art" (read: magic) to the young couple as and an engagement gift. Now? Ariel asks. Yep. Now. Ariel pledges to perform well, and asks, like a pet, if he is loved. Prospero replies that Ariel is loved dearly. |
| PROSPERO, to Ferdinand FERDINAND I warrant you, sir, 60 PROSPERO Well.— Soft music. No tongue. All eyes. Be silent. | Prospero checks in with Ferdinand about his lust level again, and Ferdinand assures him that his pure love for Miranda is strong enough to keep his lust under control. With that settled, Prospero calls in Ariel. Soft music starts to play and Prospero tells the young couple to watch as his gift materializes—no talking. |
| Enter Iris. IRIS | A series of gods appear before the young couple. First comes Iris, goddess of the rainbow and messenger of Juno (a.k.a. Hera, Zeus/Jupiter's wife). Iris calls upon Ceres, goddess of agriculture, to show herself and help with the entertainment. |
| Enter Ceres. CERES IRIS CERES Tell me, heavenly bow, 95 | Ceres shows up, and asks why she's been summoned. Iris tells her it's to celebrate true love. That's cool, but Ceres wants to know if Cupid and Venus will be there—she has beef with them, since they plotted the way for Ceres' daughter, Proserpine (or Persephone) to be stolen by Pluto (a.k.a. Hades), the god of the underworld. |
| IRIS Of her society | Iris assures Ceres that Cupid and Venus are headed home to Paphos. They had intended to play a trick on Ferdinand and Miranda, who've sworn not to sleep together until they're married, but their scheme failed. So they left, and Cupid broke all his arrows, promising not to shoot them anymore. He's just going to be a normal little boy from now on. |
| Juno descends. CERES Highest queen of state, JUNO They sing. JUNO CERES | Juno, who has been lingering above, then descends to shower blessings on the couple along with Ceres. |
| FERDINAND PROSPERO Spirits, which by mine art FERDINAND Let me live here ever. PROSPERO Sweet now, silence. 140 IRIS Enter certain Nymphs. You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary, 150 Enter certain Reapers, properly habited. They join with | Ferdinand and Miranda are amazed, and Prospero says these are spirits he has called up on behalf of the young lovers. Nymphs and land reapers are then summoned, and they perform a beautiful dance. We interrupt this magical performance for a brain snack: In the winter of 1612-1613,The Tempest (along with thirteen other plays) was performed in honor of the marriage of King James I's daughter Elizabeth to Frederick (the Elector Palatine). Some scholars think that Prospero's "masque" was added by Shakespeare just for this performance, but other critics say there's no evidence that it wasn't an original part of the play. |
| PROSPERO To a strange, hollow, and confused noise, | Suddenly Prospero jumps with surprise, and all the spirits vanish. Prospero has realized that, oopsy-daisy, he's forgotten Caliban's plot against his life! He'd better stop messing around and get to halting that scheme. |
| FERDINAND, to Miranda MIRANDA Never till this day PROSPERO, to Ferdinand FERDINAND/MIRANDA We wish your peace. They exit. | Ferdinand is surprised by Prospero's sudden mood change, and Miranda says she's never seen him quite so agitated. Prospero explains the sudden shift to Ferdinand in a beautiful speech. He says that that his magic, much like life, is only temporary. Everything eventually melts into thin air, leaving no trace behind. This is where he speaks the famous line, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on," and then he tells Ferdinand and Miranda his brain is troubled and he has a few things to figure out. They leave and wish him peace. |
| Enter Ariel. PROSPERO ARIEL PROSPERO Spirit, ARIEL PROSPERO ARIEL | Prospero has a chat with Ariel, who says that Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban were hot with rage (and completely drunk) when he last saw them. Ariel led them to just outside Prospero's cell with his music, and left them wading in a filthy, scummy pool. |
| PROSPERO This was well done, my bird. ARIEL I go, I go. He exits. 210 | Prospero instructs Ariel to set his nice linens and fineries outside the cell as bait for the thieves and would-be murderers. |
| PROSPERO Enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, etc. Come, hang them on this line. | Prospero then curses Caliban for being a devil and promises to plague all of the men plotting against his life. You donotwant to get on this guy's bad list. |
| Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, all wet, as CALIBAN Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole STEPHANO Monster, your fairy, which you say is a 220 TRINCULO Monster, I do smell all horse piss, at which STEPHANO So is mine.—Do you hear, monster. If I 225 TRINCULO Thou wert but a lost monster. CALIBAN TRINCULO Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool! STEPHANO There is not only disgrace and dishonor in TRINCULO That's more to me than my wetting. Yet this STEPHANO I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er CALIBAN | Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano have escaped from the nasty pool, and while they all smell of "horse piss," the greatest tragedy—as far as Trinculo and Stephano are concerned—was losing their wine in the pond. Caliban assures them that their prize will be worth it, and eggs them on to Prospero's cell. |
| STEPHANO Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody 245 TRINCULO, seeing the apparel O King Stephano, O CALIBAN TRINCULO Oho, monster, we know what belongs to a STEPHANO Put off that gown, Trinculo. By this hand, TRINCULO Thy Grace shall have it. CALIBAN STEPHANO Be you quiet, monster.—Mistress Line, is TRINCULO Do, do. We steal by line and level, an 't like STEPHANO I thank thee for that jest. Here's a garment TRINCULO Monster, come, put some lime upon your CALIBAN STEPHANO Monster, lay to your fingers. Help to bear TRINCULO And this. 280 STEPHANO Ay, and this. | Just as Stefano begins to have thoughts of bloody murder, Trinculo points out what nice things there are for a king's wardrobe hanging outside, and the two get distracted. Caliban panics at their lack of focus; he is sure Prospero will wake up, find them all out, and torture them. |
| A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers spirits in shape of dogs and hounds, PROSPERO Hey, Mountain, hey! ARIEL Silver! There it goes, Silver! PROSPERO ARIEL Hark, they roar. 290 PROSPERO They exit. | Sure enough, Ariel and Prospero conjure up spirit-dogs and hounds that chase the three off. Prospero promises they'll have plenty of cramps, pinches, and convulsions as they run away, hunted by the spirits. And he promises, too, that Ariel will have his freedom...soon. |
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