Magic Quotations & Analysis

• ’for mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terrible’

  ’Damned’ and ‘foul witch Sycorax’

  • Prospero‘s magic is presented as good and productive unlike the black magic of Sycorax.
• ‘her most unmigable rage’

  • Prospero is presented as presented as heroic for ridding the island of Sycorax and her incontrolable temper.
• Prospero states he will ‘bury‘ and ‘drown’ the three items that symbolise his powers.

  • These items are his magic garment, his book, and his staff.
  • Punishment for using magic.
  • the verbs ‘bury’ and ‘drown’ are reminiscent of the punishments for practicing witchcraft after King James I became the King of England in 1590.