English Assignment

Q2) ​A dream was possibly associated with happiness, self deception and dreams of
music.

Q3) ​The powerful tempest was represented as illusion by usage of magic which was
controlled and performed by Prospero, the lord of the island and the controller of the
events that takes place throughout the play.

Q4) ​The masque being another illusion fabricated by Prospero comes to end
because he has other important matters to attend to,the “foul conspiracy of the
beast Caliban and his confederates against my life”.

Q5) ​It is considered a “baseless fabric” to reflect the fragile and temporality nature of
the illusion.

Q6)​ He compares the “insubstantial” pageant to his illusions in order to portray their
transitory nature and the inevitable false deception which shall fade. He also raises it
to a universal level to talk about the temporality of human life and largely the globe
and talks about the fine line between reality and illusion.

Q7)​ “we” in “We are such stuff as dreams are made on” refers to humanity as a
whole.

Q8)​ “Round with a sleep” refers to the fact that the life of every living soul ends with
death and a state of deep sleep.

Q10)​ The dreamlike aspects of the play are heighted through the unlike setting of the
play. The island with its mythical creatures and a wizard who controls the spirits,
creates illusions and portrays himself as all-powerful makes it a dream-like story.

Q11)​ Ariel’s powers are used to perform Prospero’s demands in exchange for the
liberty that he has promised.

Q12)​ Ariel attempts to spoil Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban’s plans by pitting against
each other through the words “thou liest”.

Q14)​The characters that stay awake throughout the play are Prospero and Ariel.
Q15)​ the “great globe” refers to the globe theatre where Shakesperase’s plays were
performed and the world at large