Type of Discovery

Act 1 Scene 2 line 409 (Emotional discovery)

Miranda: What is it? A spirit? I might call him/ A thing divine, for
nothing natural/ I ever saw so noble
-The hyperbole present conveys her amazement upon discovering
Ferdinand.
Act 1 Scene 2 line 57 (Intellectual discovery)
Prospero: Thy father/ was the Duke of Milana prince of powerthy
mother was a piece of virtuethou a prince no worse issue
- The characterisation of Prospero and his wife allows Miranda to learn
more about her past and heritage
Act 1 Scene 2 line 85 (Emotional discovery)
He was the ivy which had hid my princely trunk, and suck my verdure out
ont
-Prosperos characterisation of Antonio enriches Miranda with a distasteful
opinion of him
Act 1 Scene 2 line 100 (Intellectual discovery)
Being once perfected how to grant suits/ How to deny themhaving both
the key/ Of officer and office, set all hearts Ithstate/ To what tune pleased
his ear
-The metaphor in Prosperos account allows Miranda to discover more
about Antonios treacherous nature
The King of Napleshearkens my brothers suitshould presently
extirpate me and mine out of the dukedom, and confer fair Milan/ With all
honours on my brother
- Prosperos perturbed tone allows Miranda to discover more about
Antonios treacherous nature
Act 1 Scene 1 (Intellectual discovery)
Antonio: Lets all sink with the king
Sebastian: Lets take leave of him
-The contrast between the two reactions reveal to the audience
Sebastiens disloyalty to the King, enriching them with a charming
characterisation.
Act 1 Scene 2 (Intellectual discovery)
Prospero: those being all my study/ The government I cast upon my
brother/ And to my state grew stranger, being transported/ And rapt in
secret studies
-Prosperos recount enriches the audience with the knowledge of how he
came to be on the island
Act 1 Scene 2 (Emotional discovery)
Prospero: I loved my books, which I prized more than my dukedom

-Prosperos despondent tone allows the audience to discover his regret,

inciting sentiment at his banishment at the result of his passion for
knowledge
Act 1 Scene 2 (Emotional discovery)
Ferdinand: ...Ill make you/ The Queen of Naples
-Ferdinands impassioned tone accentuates his excitement at having
discovered his supposed true love
Act 1 Scene 2 (Intellectual discovery + emotional discovery)
I lovd thee and showed thee all of the qualities of the isleyou keep me
in this hard rockwhiles you do keep from me from/ The rest of the
island
-Calibans resentful tone provides an insight into Calibans anguish and his
past relationship with Prospero to the audience, inciting a sense of pity for
him.
Act 1 Scene (Intellectual and emotional discovery)
Prospero: thou didst seek to violate/ The honour of my child
Caliban: Thou didst prevent me- I had peopled else/ This isle with
Calibans
-the metaphor in the exchange between Prospero and Caliban reveals the
latters treacherous actions, and causes the audience to feel revolted
towards Caliban in realising his true nature, thus catalysing an emotional
discovery.