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Asimov’s Guide To Shakespear. Volume 1Sebastian allows himself to be tempted, but when they draw their swords to kill the King, Ariel wakes all the sleepers and Sebastian and Antonio must pretend they had heard wild beasts and had drawn their swords for that reason. (Thwarted ambition is presumably another part of Prospero's revenge.) … this mooncalf … Meanwhile another pair of individuals are to be found wandering on the island. Trinculo, the King's jester, has escaped and is wandering aimlessly. So has Stephano, the King's butler. Caliban sees Trinculo approaching and, in terrible fright, pretends he is dead. Trinculo finds him, doesn't know what to make of the half-human monster, but crawls under his garment to stay out of the last dregs of the tempest. Stephano, who has salvaged some bottles of liquor, is carrying one and is 'drunk. He comes across the Caliban-Trinculo combination and views it as a monster with four legs and two voices. When Trinculo calls his name, Stephano is terrified and says: … This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon. —Act II, scene ii, lines 102-3 Stephano refers to the proverb which is usually quoted, now, as "Who sups with the devil must needs have a long spoon." But Trinculo identifies himself before Stephano is out of earshot ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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