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What does Ferdinand think of the spirits?
Ferdinand is awestruck by the spirits and claims he wants to live on the island with Prospero and Miranda forever.
What did Prospero forget about?
Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo coming to kill him.
Who is Ceres and what does she represent?
She is the goddess of agriculture and she represents nature, growth, prosperity, and rebirth.
Who is Iris?
She is Juno's messenger and the goddess of the rainbow.
Who is Juno and what does she represent?
She is the Queen of the Gods and she represents marriage and fertility.
What did the three spirits that Prospero summoned for Ferdinand and Miranda do?
They blessed the lovers with honor and wished that they have a long and fruitful marriage.
How do Prospero and Ariel chase Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo out of the cell?
They summon spirits in the form of hunters and dogs to chase them away.
How do Stephano and Trinculo feel about losing their wine?
They feels as if they lost more than their honor and are now more fixated on that than the task at hand.
What bait do Prospero and Ariel set for Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo?
They leave out Prospero's good clothes from when he was the Duke.
How do Prospero and Ariel hide themselves from Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo?
They make themselves invisible.
How does Prospero feel at the end of act IV?
He feels like all of his enemies are at his mercy.
Who said this: "Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody / thoughts." (IV.i.219-20)
Stephano
Who said this: "Pray you tread softly, that the blind mole may not /Hear a foot fall. We now are near his cell." (IV.i.194-5)
Caliban
Who said this: "Our worser genius can, shall never melt / Mine honor into lust, to take away / the edge of that day's celebration / When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are foundered / Or night kept chained below." (IV.i.27-21)
Ferdinand
Who said this: "They were red-hot with drinking; / So full of valor that they smote the air / For breathing in their faces, beat the ground / For kissing of their feet; yet always bending / Towards their project." (IV.i.171-5)
Ariel
Why does Prospero have Ariel arrange a pageant?
The purpose of the pageant, or masque, is to bless Ferdinand and Miranda’s wedding.
