Question

MIRANDA: If by your art, my dearest father, you have

Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.

The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,

But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek,

Dashes the fire out. Oh, I have suffered

With those that I saw suffer. A brave vessel

Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her

Dashed all to pieces. Oh, the cry did knock

Against my very heart! Poor souls, they vanished.

Had I been any source of power, I would

Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere

It should the good ship so have swilled and

The fraughting souls within her.


Which type of dramatic element is Shakespeare using?

Answer 1

Shakespeare is using the monologue.

Step-by-step explanation:

By reading the text above, we can see that Miranda is telling her father everything she thinks about what happened to the sinking ship and the people who were on it. She demonstrates all of her concern for this ship, what she would have liked to have happened and what she would do if she could avoid this tragedy. All of this is talked about in a long speech. In this way, we can see that Shakespeare made Miranda's speeches a monologue.

The monologue is a long and uninterrupted speech, where the character speaks everything she/he thinks and feels. At that moment, the character may be alone or not, the important thing is that she/he exposes her/his thoughts about something.

Mirando is a character in "The Tempest" a play written by Shakespeare, which tells the story of Pospero, former Duke of Milan, when he was with his daughter, Miranda, isolated on a desert island, planning revenge for those who usurped his real position.