Question

Prospero : Being once perfected how to grant suits, How to deny them, who t' advance,and who to trash for overtopping, new created the creatures that were mine, I say: or chang'd'em, Or else new form'd'em ;having both the key of officer and office, set all hearts

I'th' state to what tune pleas'd his ear, that now he was the ivy which had hid my princely

trunk, And duck's my verdure out on 't—

i) Who is Prospero talking about?

ii) In what context does this conversation take place?

iii) What does he further say about this person?

iv) Where is this person now and how does he happen to be here?

v) Give meaning of the words as they used in the context of the passage :

(a) Suit (b) Verdure​

Answer 1

Answer:

creatures that were mine, I say: or chang'd'em, Or else new form'd'em ;having both the key of officer and office, set all hearts

I'th' state to what tune pleas'd his ear, that now he was the ivy which had hid my princely

trunk, And duck's my verdure out on 't—

i) Who is Prospero talking about?

ii) In what context does this conversation take place?

iii) What does he further say about this person?

iv) Where is this person now and how does he happen to be here?

v) Give meaning of the words as they used in the context of the passage :

(a) Suit (b) Verdure