Act 1, Scene 1
BOATSWAIN When the sea is. Hence! What cares theseroarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! Trouble us not. (1.1.16-18)
Act 1, Scene 2
PROSPEROThe direful spectacle of the wreck, which touchedThe very virtue of compassion in thee,I have with such provision in mine artSo safely ordered that there is no soul—No, not so much perdit...
Act 2, Scene 1
GONZALO I' th' commonwealth I would by contrariesExecute all things, for no kind of trafficWould I admit; no name of magistrate;Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,And use of service, none...
Act 2, Scene 2
CALIBAN I'll swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject, or the liquor is not earthly. (2.2.129-130)
Act 3, Scene 1
FERDINAND O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound,And crown what I profess with kind eventIf I speak true; if hollowly, invert What best is boded me to mischief. I,Beyond all limit of w...
Act 3, Scene 2
STEFANO Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head. If you prove a mutineer, the next tree. The poor monster's my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity. (3.2.38-41)
Act 3, Scene 3
ALONSO O, it is monstrous, monstrous!Methought the billows spoke and told me of it;The winds did sing it to me, and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ pipe, pronouncedThe name of Prosp...
Act 4, Scene 1
FERDINAND This is a most majestic vision, andHarmoniously charmingly. May I be bold To think these spirits? PROSPERO Spirits, which by mine artI have from their confines called to enactMy pre...
Act 5, Scene 1
PROSPERO You elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves,And you that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly himWhen he comes back; you demi-puppets th...