Notes on The Tempest

ACT III

SCENE 3

The king and his court are weary and despondent. As Prospero watches from a viewpoint above the action, they are tormented by the appearance of a feast which vanishes from their sight.

Dialog Explainations:

1. By'larkin: a mild form of the oath "by our Lady"
3. forth-right and meanders: straight paths and winding ways
5. attach'd: seized
6. dulling: exhaustian
7. Even: right
7. it: i.e. hope
8. flatterer: deceiver
10. frustrate: useless (stress the first syllable)
12. repulse: setback
15. now ... travail: now that they are fatigued with their efforts
20. keepers: guardian angels
21. living drollery: live entertainment
25. what ... credit: anything else that's believable
26. travellers ... lie: Traveller's tales are considered notoriously false
30. certes: certainly
32. gentle-kind: well-bred