Sample Paper - 2023 Ans-3 (i) Prospero ends the masque abruptly as he who had forgotten about Caliban's plot against him, suddenly remembers that the hour nearly has come for Caliban and the compirators to make their attempt on his life. Though he is subject to a sudden and agitating thought, at which Ferdivend expresses his concern, Prospero masters his sensitivity, emotional and intellectual. He comments upon the temporary nature of life by presenting a profound analogy between this impermanence and the abrupt ending of the masque, He says that his revels have now ended, implying that neither happiness nor sadness lasts longs, (spints) and everything like their actors will mett into "thin air. Everything is but an unreal vision. " The doud capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples. itself... Everything is but the great globe an unreal vision and will fade like this 'insubstantial pacjent leaving trace behind. Tike dreams. - which are forgotten when we wake up, the lives of humans too are short temporary dreamlike and rounded with eternal sleep. The evidence of that life, with its earthly fossenions is only Pointin temporary. Pointing out life's transience, ew though, is an unusual way of reamring someone and thus. speech as a we can interfmet Prospero's more general introspective steam of thought rather than a direct address to Ferdinand. Through Prospero's words which point to an allegorical theme, shakespeare has also encomband the essential meaning of The Tempest, integrating the dramatic and" metaphorical design. The language evokes nearly every contenidy which has been traud; "Metted into thin avr 'dinolve', 'cloud' vand 'rack' bering us immediately to the supernatural elements in the play, mainly Ariel. While visions', 'dreams' and 'sleep' make Revels echoes of recall other familian continuities. "gorgeous palaces" and "paegent' the kingly theme. are by Prospere ii) Caliban, the rightful owner of the island. was reduced to the state of a he misbehaved. He is punished physically with cramps and pains for any disobedience which cause him to take revenge on Prospero. Though he knows that prospero is raware of all his actions and that it te futile for him to try to kill cowould be chim, his plan of murdering him is ready ifto be executed when he finds the company of stephano and Princulo. He has been making is careful observations since long and has been waiting for the perfect dime to arrive which ane evident in the procedure of killing Prospero that is calso a burlesque to that of Antonio, Caliban says that it is in the can Prospero's habit to take a nap afternoon. That's when stephano smash his skull, stolen his books. on the head with after they ve fint or he could hit him a log. Or stab him in the belly with a his throat with spear. Or cut a knife. But he should remember to steal his books first, because without them, he's just a fool like Caliban and won't be able to command even one spirit. He asks stephane to burn his books. He craftily persuadeds him to execute his plan by the premix of giving him Miranda, the brave utensili which Prospero possesses and to become in reality king of the island. Ariel, however, eavesdrops and reports their conspiracy to Prospero. 3 (ill) A masque' refers to an independent drama, during the Elizabethan times, mainly consisting of music, song, dance, splendid costuming and staje spectacle. They are expensive and resplendant forms of entertainmeinment mostly involving characters and themes of classical mythology. Its plot is slight and chiefly designed king. to entertain and to glorify the This masque, in to honour the daughter do fact, was written marriage of King James" Gorman ruler. fur having accepted Ferdinand in-law, masque as his son- Prospero commands a masque to be performed to celebrate the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda. As usual, the entire arranged by Ariel, Prosfero's loyal and diligent senant, who is eager to please and rushes to get the rabble as posible. "Even the goddesses who appeared in the masque were carefully Venus and her son Cupid being quickly chosen natures as as specifically excluded, probably because their the figures of passionate physical love would contrast too much with Prospere's warnings of abstinence to Ferdinand." The masque begins with the appearance of Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow who is the official messenger of guns, the queen of Goddesses and the wife of supreme God, Jupiter. Iris in a long opening speech. wheat names all the rivers etc. places like turfy mountains, rich fields of riye, barley, meadows where the Godden Ceres resides. Ceres is the generous Goddes of agriculture and fertility summoned by Juno to blen the newly engaged couple. Together, they fruly shower blessing abundance, a long life, of honour riçës many children and countles hours filled wit happiness, ceres blesses them with an unending supply of food, grains, fruits etc, and say never experience winter or scarcity may they Tris is get more sent by the two water nymphis Goddes God desses and repers to to