Question

Read the following excerpt from Act IV of The Tempest, which takes place as Prospero abruptly calls off the pageant. Which best explains the way Shakespeare uses this aside as part of the dramatic structure of Act IV?

[Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates Against my life. The minute of their plot Is almost come. [To the Spirits] Well done! Avoid! No more! Ferdinand. This is strange: your father’s in some passion That works him strongly. Miranda. Never till this day Saw I him touched with anger so distempered.

Answer 1

This aside is used by the author to show how fear invades Prospero with no control and turns it into anger.

Step-by-step explanation:

This aside is used by the author to show how fear invades Prospero with no control and turns it into anger. He feels so insecure and vulnerable since he will hand over his daughter in marriage to Ferdinand, who is not an innocent boy as his daughter is. His greatest fear is that Miranda will inevitably lose her virginity, which is a really hard fact to be accepted by Prospero. The end of Miranda's virginity would be so hard for her father due to fact that he already know the innocent girl Miranda will unavoidably change her manners and the way to see the world around.