Prospero Quotes
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The strongest oaths are straw To th' fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious, Or else good night your vow!
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More Prospero Quotes
I have to confess that I felt rather proudof the simple device of my suffocating cloud.The Prospero of poisons, the Faustus of the front,bringing mental magic to modern armament.
tony harrison— "Fritz Haber", line 5; from Square Rounds (London: Faber & Faber, 1992).
— The title character of the poem was responsible for developing chlorine gas as a weapon of war.
It was Mr. Greenaway's conceit, and a terrifically promising one, that in this " Tempest " Mr. Gielgud's Prospero should also be a mirror image of Shakespeare at the end of his career, with a further association to the actor himself, nearing the end of his career as an actor.
— Vincent Canby, Theatre review, New York Times September 28, 1991
Caliban: As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Drop on you both! a south-west blow on ye, And blister you all o'er! Prospero: For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honeycomb, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made 'em.
william shakespeare— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene ii
