READ STUDY GUIDE: Act III, scene ii |
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Act III, Scene ii:
Another part of the island
Another part of the island
| [Enter CALIBAN, with a bottle, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO.] |
| STEPHANO : |
| Tell not me:—when the butt is out we will drink |
| water; not a drop before: therefore bear up, and board |
| 'em.—Servant-monster, drink to me. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Servant-monster! The folly of this island! They |
| say there's but five upon this isle; we are three of |
| them; if th' other two be brained like us, the state |
| totters. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee: thy |
| eyes are almost set in thy head. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Where should they be set else? He were a brave |
| monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. |
| STEPHANO : |
| My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in |
| sack: for my part, the sea cannot drown me; I swam, ere |
| I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, off |
| and on, by this light. Thou shalt be my lieutenant, |
| monster, or my standard. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard. |
| STEPHANO : |
| We'll not run, Monsieur monster. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Nor go neither: but you'll lie like dogs, and |
| yet say nothing neither. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest |
| a good moon-calf. |
| CALIBAN : |
| How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe. |
| I'll not serve him: he is not valiant. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case |
| to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish thou, |
| was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack |
| as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but |
| half fish and half a monster? |
| CALIBAN : |
| Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? |
| TRINCULO : |
| 'Lord' quoth he!—That a monster should be such |
| a natural! |
| CALIBAN : |
| Lo, lo again! bite him to death, I prithee. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head: if |
| you prove a mutineer, the next tree! The poor monster's |
| my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity. |
| CALIBAN : |
| I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to |
| hearken once again to the suit I made to thee? |
| STEPHANO : |
| Marry will I; kneel, and repeat it: I will stand, |
| and so shall Trinculo. |
| [Enter ARIEL, invisible] |
| CALIBAN : |
| As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, |
| sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the |
| island. |
| ARIEL : |
| Thou liest. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou; |
| I would my valiant master would destroy thee; |
| I do not lie. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his tale, |
| by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Why, I said nothing. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Mum, then, and no more.—[To CALIBAN]Proceed. |
| CALIBAN : |
| I say, by sorcery he got this isle; |
| From me he got it: if thy greatness will , |
| Revenge it on him,—for I know, thou dar'st; |
| But this thing dare not,— |
| STEPHANO : |
| That's most certain. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Thou shalt be lord of it and I'll serve thee. |
| STEPHANO : |
| How now shall this be compassed? Canst thou |
| bring me to the party? |
| CALIBAN : |
| Yea, yea, my lord: I'll yield him thee asleep, |
| Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head. |
| ARIEL : |
| Thou liest: thou canst not. |
| CALIBAN : |
| What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch!— |
| I do beseech thy greatness, give him blows, |
| And take his bottle from him: when that's gone |
| He shall drink nought but brine; for I'll not show him |
| Where the quick freshes are. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Trinculo, run into no further danger: interrupt the |
| monster one word further and, by this hand, I'll turn |
| my mercy out o' doors, and make a stock-fish of thee. |
| TRINCULO : |
| Why, what did I? I did nothing. I'll go farther off. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Didst thou not say he lied? |
| ARIEL : |
| Thou liest. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Do I so? Take thou that.[Strikes TRINCULO.]As you |
| like this, give me the lie another time. |
| TRINCULO : |
| I did not give the lie:—out o' your wits and |
| hearing too?—A pox o' your bottle! this can sack and |
| drinking do.—A murrain on your monster, and the devil |
| take your fingers! |
| CALIBAN : |
| Ha, ha, ha! |
| STEPHANO : |
| Now, forward with your tale.—Prithee stand |
| further off. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Beat him enough: after a little time, I'll beat |
| him too. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Stand farther.—Come, proceed. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him |
| I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, |
| Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log |
| Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, |
| Or cut his wezand with thy knife. Remember |
| First to possess his books; for without them |
| He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not |
| One spirit to command: they all do hate him |
| As rootedly as I. Burn but his books; |
| He has brave utensils,—for so he calls them,— |
| Which, when he has a house, he'll deck withal: |
| And that most deeply to consider is |
| The beauty of his daughter; he himself |
| Calls her a nonpareil: I never saw a woman |
| But only Sycorax my dam and she; |
| But she as far surpasseth Sycorax |
| As great'st does least. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Is it so brave a lass? |
| CALIBAN : |
| Ay, lord: she will become thy bed, I warrant, |
| And bring thee forth brave brood. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Monster, I will kill this man; his daughter and I |
| will be king and queen,—save our graces!—and Trinculo |
| and thyself shall be viceroys. Dost thou like the plot, |
| Trinculo? |
| TRINCULO : |
| Excellent. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Give me thy hand: I am sorry I beat thee; but |
| while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Within this half hour will he be asleep; |
| Wilt thou destroy him then? |
| STEPHANO : |
| Ay, on mine honour. |
| ARIEL : |
| This will I tell my master. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure. |
| Let us be jocund: will you troll the catch |
| You taught me but while-ere? |
| STEPHANO : |
| At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any |
| reason. Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. |
| [Sings] |
| Flout 'em and scout 'em; and scout 'em and flout 'em: |
| Thought is free. |
| CALIBAN : |
| That's not the tune. |
| [ARIEL plays the tune on a Tabor and Pipe.] |
| STEPHANO : |
| What is this same? |
| TRINCULO : |
| This is the tune of our catch, played by the |
| picture of Nobody. |
| STEPHANO : |
| If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy |
| likeness: if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list. |
| TRINCULO : |
| O, forgive me my sins! |
| STEPHANO : |
| He that dies pays all debts: I defy thee.—Mercy |
| upon us! |
| CALIBAN : |
| Art thou afeard? |
| STEPHANO : |
| No, monster, not I. |
| CALIBAN : |
| Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises, |
| Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. |
| Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments |
| Will hum about mine ears; and sometimes voices, |
| That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, |
| Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, |
| The clouds methought would open and show riches |
| Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd, |
| I cried to dream again. |
| STEPHANO : |
| This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I |
| shall have my music for nothing. |
| CALIBAN : |
| When Prospero is destroyed. |
| STEPHANO : |
| That shall be by and by: I remember the story. |
| TRINCULO : |
| The sound is going away: let's follow it, and |
| after do our work. |
| STEPHANO : |
| Lead, monster: we'll follow.—I would I could see |
| this taborer! he lays it on. Wilt come? |
| TRINCULO : |
| I'll follow, Stephano. |
| [Exeunt] |
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