No Fear Shakespeare
The Tempest
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 15
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Should not upbraid our course. For all the rest,
They’ll take suggestion as a cat laps milk.
They’ll tell the clock to any business that
We say befits the hour.
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for the other men, we can make them believe anything we choose.
They’ll set their watches to whatever time we say.
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SEBASTIAN
Thy case, dear
friend,
Shall be my precedent. As thou got’st Milan,
I’ll come by Naples. Draw thy sword. One stroke
Shall free thee from the tribute which thou payest.
And I the king shall love thee.
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SEBASTIAN
You’ll be my role model. Just as you got Milan,
I’ll get Naples. Take out your sword. With one cut you
can be through paying money to Naples. And as king I’ll
love you forever.
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ANTONIO
Draw together.
And when I rear my hand, do you the like,
To fall it on Gonzalo.
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ANTONIO
You take out your sword too. When I raise my hand, you do the
same, and bring it down on Gonzalo’s head.
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ANTONIO and
SEBASTIAN draw their swords |
ANTONIO and
SEBASTIAN take out their swords. |
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SEBASTIAN
O, but one word.
(speaks quietly to
ANTONIO)
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SEBASTIAN
Oh, but there’s one more thing to tell you.
(he speaks quietly to
ANTONIO)
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Enter ARIEL invisible, with music and
song |
ARIEL enters, invisible, singing and
playing music. |
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ARIEL
(to
GONZALO) My master through his art
foresees the danger
That you, his friend, are, and sends me forth—
For else his project dies—to keep them living.
(sings in GONZALO
’s ear)
While you here do snoring
lie,
Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take.
If of life you keep a
care,
Shake off slumber and
beware.
Awake, awake!
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ARIEL
(to
GONZALO) With his magic powers my
master can see the dangers that you are in, my friend. So he sent me
to make sure these men survive—and to guarantee his plans
succeed. (sings in GONZALO
’s ear)
While you lie here
snoring,
Men are plotting against
you.
If you want to stay
alive,
Wake up and beware.
Wake up, wake
up!
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