Prosper : Fairly spoke. Sit then and talk with her, she is thine own.

1.	Prosper : Fairly spoke. Sit then and talk with her, she is thine own. What, Ariel! my industrious servant Ariel! Enter Ariel.Ariel : What would my potent master? Here lam.Prospero : Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform, and I must use you In such another trick. Go bring the rabble O’er whom I give thee power here to this place.(i) Who is Prospero addressing at the beginning of the extract? How did that person come to be there? (ii) What was “fairly spoke ” (iii) What was the “last service” worthily performed by Ariel and his fellows? (iv) What is the “such another trick” Prospero wants to use Ariel for and for what purpose? (v) After the performance of “such another trick” Prospero is disturbed for some reason. What is he reminded of?
Answer» (i) Prospero is addressing Ferdinand, who after being shipwrecked, had swum to the shore and was lured to Prospero’s cell by Ariel’s music. (ii) The statement of Ferdinand was “fairly spoke” in which he says that he would not be tempted to do anything that destroys the sacredness of the marriage. (iii) The last service worthily performed by Ariel and his fellows was to spread a banquet before Alonso and his companions. But before those hungry, and tired men could eat, Ariel appeared like a harpy and made the banquet to vanish. He then reminded them of the evil they had done to Prospero and Miranda. (iv) Prospero wants Ariel to present a masque before Ferdinand and Miranda. He wants to show them the potency of his art and also depict the Goddesses Iris, Juno and Ceres blessing them. (v) Prospero is disturbed because he is aware of the conspiracy being hatched by Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo against his life.

Prosper : Fairly spoke. Sit then and talk with her, she is thine own. What, Ariel! my industrious servant Ariel! Enter Ariel.Ariel : What would my potent master? Here lam.Prospero : Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform, and I must use you In such another trick. Go bring the rabble O’er whom I give thee power here to this place.(i) Who is Prospero addressing at the beginning of the extract? How did that person come to be there? (ii) What was “fairly spoke ” (iii) What was the “last service” worthily performed by Ariel and his fellows? (iv) What is the “such another trick” Prospero wants to use Ariel for and for what purpose? (v) After the performance of “such another trick” Prospero is disturbed for some reason. What is he reminded of?

Answer»

(i) Prospero is addressing Ferdinand, who after being shipwrecked, had swum to the shore and was lured to Prospero’s cell by Ariel’s music.

(ii) The statement of Ferdinand was “fairly spoke” in which he says that he would not be tempted to do anything that destroys the sacredness of the marriage.

(iii) The last service worthily performed by Ariel and his fellows was to spread a banquet before Alonso and his companions. But before those hungry, and tired men could eat, Ariel appeared like a harpy and made the banquet to vanish. He then reminded them of the evil they had done to Prospero and Miranda.

(iv) Prospero wants Ariel to present a masque before Ferdinand and Miranda. He wants to show them the potency of his art and also depict the Goddesses Iris, Juno and Ceres blessing them.

(v) Prospero is disturbed because he is aware of the conspiracy being hatched by Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo against his life.

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