Then all a fire with me: the king’s son, Ferdin and, Plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vessel, (F) Seem to bes iege and make his bold waves tremble, Of sulphurous roaring the most mighty Nep tune (F) O’ the dreadful thunder- claps, more momen taryĪnd sight-out running were not the fire and cracks The yards and bowsprit, would I flame dis tinctly, (F) I flamed am azement: sometime I’d di vide,Īnd burn in many places on the topmast, (F) Now in the waist, the deck, in eve ry cab in, Was the first man that leap’d cried, ‘Hell is emptyĪnd all the devils are here.’ Verse Breakdown With hair up-staring,-then like reeds, not hair,. Then all afire with me: the king’s son, Ferdinand, Plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vessel, Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil Seem to besiege and make his bold waves tremble, Of sulphurous roaring the most mighty Neptune (F) O’ the dreadful thunder-claps, more momentaryĪnd sight-outrunning were not the fire and cracks The yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Now in the waist, the deck, in every cabin, I boarded the king’s ship now on the beak, In this monologue, Ariel recounts exactly how they did it, and exactly what saw aboard the ship. In order to bring his bait to shore, he has tasked his Spirit servant Ariel to conjure up a Tempest to direct their ship to the banks of Prospero’s Cell. Prospero, having been banished to an island many years ago with his then-infant daughter Miranda has devised a cunning plan to exact his revenge on those who wronged him (including his brother) all those years ago in Milan. It is an active speech that is filled to the brim with playfulness and duty.
In this monologue, we really get to see the bright, fiery but dutiful side of Ariel.
We’re going to take a closer look at one of Ariel’s best pieces of text from The Tempest.
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