Question

(c) Prospero: Thou liest, malignant thing! hast thou forgot

The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy

Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?

Ariel: No, sir.

Prospero: Thou hast! Where was she born? speak; tell me

1. Why is Prospero angry with Ariel? [2]

2. What does Prospero remind Ariel? [1]

3. Who was Sycorax? What did she do to Ariel, and why? [2.5]

4. Comment on Prospero's attitude towards Ariel.​

Answer 1

Answer:

In response to Ariel's concern that Prospero will not grant him freedom for his faithful service, Prospero reminds Ariel of how he saved him from the witch Sycorax and then issues this threat. The violence of this threat illustrates both Prospero's bad temper and his domineering nature.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. We first meet Ariel in Act 1 Scene 2. Here he has just reminded Prospero of his promise to set his servant free. Prospero is angry and reminds Ariel of his former entrapment in a tree.
2. Ariel is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from the tree in which he was imprisoned by Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island. Prospero greets disobedience with a reminder that he saved Ariel from Sycorax's spell, and with promises to grant Ariel his freedom
3. Sycorax was a wicked witch who was banished from Algiers and was brought to the island. As Ariel being a delicate spirit refused to carry out her hateful commands, she imprisoned him in an open pine tree. He languished there with pain for twelve years.
4. Prospero has higher regards towrads Ariel because he knows Ariel can perform and carry out the actions Prospero demands yet he threatens to return Ariel from the suffereing he had come from if he does not fullfill his duties. Ariel is the more submissive of the two servants to serve his master.