No Fear Shakespeare
The Tempest
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 1, Page 3
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Will be here with mop and mow.
Do you love me, master, no?
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Tripping over his own toes, making funny faces.
Do you love me, master? No?
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PROSPERO
Dearly my delicate Ariel. Do not approach
Till thou dost hear me call.
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PROSPERO
I love you dearly, Ariel. Don’t come near till you hear
me call you.
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ARIEL
Well, I
conceive.
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ARIEL
All right, I understand.
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Exit ARIEL
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ARIEL exits. |
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PROSPERO
(to
FERDINAND) Look thou be true. Do not
give dalliance
Too much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To th' fire i' th' blood. Be more
abstemious,
Or else, goodnight your vow.
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PROSPERO
(to
FERDINAND) Make sure you behave
honorably. Don’t go too far with her. If you let yourself
get stirred up, you’ll forget your promise of good
behavior. Calm yourself down or you’ll forget your
vow.
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FERDINAND
I
warrant you, sir,
The white cold virgin snow upon my heart
Abates the ardor of my liver.
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FERDINAND
I assure you, sir, the tender love I feel in my heart is stronger
than the sexual passions stirring down below.
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PROSPERO
Well.—
Now come, my Ariel! Bring a corollary,
Rather than want a spirit. Appear and pertly!—
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PROSPERO
Good.—Now come, Ariel! Better to have an extra servant
on hand than be understaffed. Appear before me now
quickly—
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Soft music |
Soft music plays. |
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No tongue. All eyes! Be silent.
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No talking. Just watch! Be quiet.
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Enter IRIS
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IRIS enters. |
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IRIS
Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas
Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas;
Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatched with stover, them to keep;
Thy banks with pionèd and twillèd
brims,
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IRIS
I am the rainbow-bearing messenger sent by my mistress
Juno—the Queen of the Sky. I have come to announce that
Juno has asked you, Ceres, goddess of the fields and the earth, to
leave your rich farms of wheat, rye, barley, oats, and peas, the
hills where the
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