Nor can imagination form a shape

I should sin To think but nobly of my grandmother. Good wombs have borne bad sons. I pitied thee, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other.

When thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes With words that made them known. How features are abroad I am skilless of, but, by my modesty, The jewel in my dower, I would not wish Any companion in the world but you, Nor can imagination form a shape Besides yourself to like of.

Sweet lord, you play me false. O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! Previous section Prospero Next section Caliban. Popular pages: The Tempest. Take a Study Break. The theme of love and reconciliation has been highlighted through a love story. He intentionally allows Miranda and Ferdinand to fall in love so that later he may be able to join two hostiles. Ferdinand is the hero of this romantic plot in the scene. He possesses a good impression on us, right from the beginning.

He is deeply in love with Miranda. He says that if he can have a glimpse of her, it would compensate him for all the hard work Prospero gives him. Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: a odious b injunction. Miranda could not see many faces of people in her life because she was living with her father alone on this island from her early childhood. Ferdinand declared his love by saying that the very instant he saw her ,his heart flew towards her service.

On this Miranda responded saying that you are the first man she had seen expect her father and ugly Caliban and starts weeping out of love. From Miranda's speech we came to know that she has not seen any other man except his father and Caliban, seeing Ferdinand for the first time she falls in love with him.

The architect of this romantic play is Prospero. The story is introduced in the play because the subplot of love between Miranda and Ferdinand is vital for the main plot lead to the reconciliation of the two hostile families. Most of the actions take place on an isolated island because Prospero plays the main role in the play and he had been banished from the kingdom and sent to sea in the rotten boat by his brother Antonio. Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: a dower b prattle.

Miranda weeps at the inability to give Ferdinand what she wished to offer and to take something, without which she'll die. What is referred to as this trifling? Modern Text. Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear. For several virtues Have I liked several women. Never any With so full soul but some defect in her 45 Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed And put it to the foil.

Nor have I seen More that I may call men than you, good friend, And my dear father. How features are abroad I am skill-less of, but, by my modesty, The jewel in my dower, I would not wish 55 Any companion in the world but you, Nor can imagination form a shape Besides yourself to like of. Hear my soul speak.