A05: Claribel's Story

• How do we know that Claribel's marriage is forced?

  The 'loathness' to the husband but the 'obedience' to her father
• What are the connotations of the verb: 'loose' 


  As if Claribel is being seen as a bit of sweet white meat to be tossed to a wild black animal
• Why is Claribel forced to marry the King of Tunis?


  Geo-political and trade advantage of Italy with the union of Italy and North Africa
• Why can we see Claribel's marriage as a version of Miranda's?


  They are both arranged marriages that are important dynastic marriages which consolidate the relations between two places.
• How does Claribel's marriage help us perceive Caliban?

  Claribel's marriage sharpens the racist representation of Africa and underlies the questionable morality of Prospero's European colonising powers.
• How do Claribel, Miranda and Prospero's dead wife contrast Sycorax?


  Claribel, Miranda and Mrs. Prospero are three virtuous white women, whereas Sycorax is seen as 'dark' or the 'other'
• How does Claribel's marriage oddly undermine Prospero's authority?


  Prospero seems to have no awareness/knowledge of the Claribel story, thinking that the royals appeared on his island 'by accident..fortune', a happy accident and not part of his master plan.
• According to Jacobs, Clarible's marriage strips Prospero of his 'all-powerful authority' and reduces him to a 'victim of circumstance'
• How does Claribel's story shed light on the father/daughter relationship in the play?


  Prospero will 'loose' his daughter just as Alonso lost his daughter.