Interpretation of Act 1 Scene 1 by Jalen Jones https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey An interpretation of the conflict in this scene. en-us 2018-03-24 00:13:25 UTC 2023-05-30 00:38:52 UTC hello@padlet.com The Weary Waters jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245682695 The Tempest opens in an unusual way for a typical play to begin. However, Shakespeare often likes to start his plays with conflict, or during the midst of the tragedy. This scene shows how nature plays a pivotal part in plays and how they are narrated. The ship carries Alonso, the King of Naples, and his party are upon the ship. ]]> 2018-03-24 00:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245682695 Man In Command jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245683315
A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.
Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain.
MASTER Boatswain!
BOATSWAIN Here, master. What cheer?
MASTER Good, speak to th’ mariners. Fall to ’t yarely,
or we run ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir!
He exits.
Enter Mariners.
BOATSWAIN Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my 5
hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th’
Master’s whistle.—Blow till thou burst thy wind, if
room enough!

In the beginning of the play Boatswain and the Master are on the top of the boat seeing the storm come to past. The master notices how bad the storm is going to be so he tells Boatwsain, who is very kind-hearted, to gather the crew. Boatswain cheerfully does this, and the rest of the sailors joins them.
]]> 2018-03-24 00:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245683315 Order of Operations jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245687123
Enter Mariners
Boatswain- Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!
yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the
master’s whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind,
if room enough!
Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others
ALONSO- Good boatswain, have care. Where’s the master?
Play the men.
Boatswain- I pray now, keep below.
ANTONIO- Where is the master, boatswain?
Boatswain - Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your
cabins: you do assist the storm.
GONZALO-Nay, good, be patient.
Boatswain- When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers
for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.
GONZALO - Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.
Boatswain - None that I more love than myself. You are a
counsellor; if you can command these elements to
silence, and work the peace of the present, we will
not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you
cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make
yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of
the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out
of our way, I say.

Gonzalo and Boatswain get into an heated exchange during the time that the storm is going on. While Boatswain is trying to get the crew together, Gonzalo is steadily trying to figure out what is going on. I feel that Gonzalo believes he has a voice because he helped Prospero and Miranda escape the island. This confrontation was important because it shows a main conflict of the tempest. It reveals the power struggle that the social classes possessed. Boatswain was doing his job and following orders when Gonzalo verbally attacked him. It shows that all Gonzalo cares about is power in the midst of a storm. This is why I chose the scarface meme, as he was trying to be the head man and control things he knew nothing about. 

]]> 2018-03-24 01:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245687123 Faith or Fear jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245688740
GONZALO


I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he
hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is
perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his
hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable,
for our own doth little advantage. If he be not
born to be hanged, our case is miserable.

In this speech, which he is known for giving in the group, Gonzalo releases his wisdom of what he thinks about Boatswain. Standing around are all of the people who came up to see him and Boatswain argue. He tells them that he feels Boatswain knows what he is doing, but still has doubt that they will make it. through the storm. His last line where he says "If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserbale". This statement tells me that he is not to fond of the leadership. This gif shows the imbalance of position that he is in right now.
]]> 2018-03-24 02:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245688740 Everything's A Go jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245689131
Re-enter Boatswain
Boatswain - Down with the topmast! yare! lower, lower! Bring
her to try with main-course.
A cry within
A plague upon this howling! they are louder than
the weather or our office.

Re-enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO

Yet again! what do you here? Shall we give o’er
and drown? Have you a mind to sink?
SEBASTIAN - A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous,
incharitable dog!
Boatswain - Work you then.
ANTONIO - Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker!
We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.
GONZALO - I’ll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were
no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an
unstanched wench.
Boatswain- Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to
sea again; lay her off.

Again, Boatswain is in the midst of argument with people of the party while trying to steer the boat. He is doing many things at once to help because of the good person he is. After a bunch of name calling, Boatswain finally breaks and sends the boat back to sea. A man running around on fire describes what is going on with Boatswain right now. All of the commotion upon the ship along with the orders he is receiving has him in a frenzy. ]]> 2018-03-24 02:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245689131 Guilty Jury jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245690507
Enter Mariners wet
Mariners - All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost!
Boatswain - What, must our mouths be cold?
GONZALO - The king and prince at prayers! let’s assist them,
For our case is as theirs.
SEBASTIAN - I’m out of patience.
ANTONIO - We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards:
This wide-chapp’d rascal–would thou mightst lie drowning
The washing of ten tides!

At this point the storm has weighed heavily on the ship and the party on board. Everyone is in a frenzy at this point while trying to figure out what actions to take. The Mariners have come out and declared how everyone has given up all hope. King Alonso and hsi son Prince Ferdinand go into prayer as everyone is in shock. This leads Gonzalo to contemplate joining them being that they will die the same way. Antonio calls out Boatswain and blames all of their hardships on him. The people of the group were all ganging up on Boatswain as if he was a criminal in a trial. All saying that he was guilty for something he was supposed to be doing.


]]> 2018-03-24 03:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245690507 Mission Abort jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245691267
GONZALO- He’ll be hang’d yet,
Though every drop of water swear against it
And gape at widest to glut himA confused noise within: ‘Mercy on us!’– ‘We split, we split!’–‘Farewell, my wife and children!’– ‘Farewell, brother!’–‘We split, we split, we split!’
ANTONIO- Let’s all sink with the king.
SEBASTIAN- Let’s take leave of him.
Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN
GONZALO - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an
acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any
thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain
die a dry death.

At the end of the scene, the boat splits while everyone is saying their goodbyes. During this, Gonzalo is yelling and praying for life because he feels hat this is the end. Once the sip breaks apart everyone just seems to go their separate ways into the water. Gonzalo still continues to cry out wishing that he died on land instead of the water. This gif was very funny to me because I imagined the people on the ship in old dress clothes doing this. It was very humorous to me.

]]> 2018-03-24 03:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245691267 Revenge jalenjones0516 https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245691416 Prospero is the plays protagonist and was the former duke of Milan. He is seeking revenge if his brother, Antonio, because he felt that he was betrayed. Prospero and his daughter Miranda were stranded on an island until Gonzalo came to save them. Since, he has developed magical powers that can make him act as God. He finds a great opportunity when Antonio is on a boat with the King and his party. He then uses his powers to cast a spell, and put them through a whirlwind.]]> 2018-03-24 03:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jalenjones0516/47c8455p0cey/wish/245691416