For The Tempest you're required to make one vocabulary post during the course of the play. Your post should look like this:
Word (that you didn't know the definition of or were unsure of)
Context (give the sentence that it appeared in with citation of Act.scene.line(s))
Definition (after looking up meanings, write a definition of the word in your own words)
Sentence (come up with your own interesting sentence that uses the word in context)
Be sure you don't repeat a word that's already been done, and be sure to sign your name!
Butt
ReplyDelete"Tell not me! When the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before" (III.ii.1-2).
n. the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol.
Charles walked into the house to find his wife with another man. He pulled out his pistol, but decided not to shoot. Instead, he hit the man across the face with the butt of his pistol.
-Owen Lyons
hearken
ReplyDelete"Wilt thou be pleased to hearken once again to the suit I made thee?" (III.i.41-42)
vb. to listen or pay attention to what is being said.
The students would not hearken to what the teacher was saying so she had to repeat her self several times.
Blasphemous
ReplyDelete“A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!” (I.i.3)
adj, sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
He got accused of blasphemous inquisitions and got banned from the church.
-Nicole Winkler
Vouchsafe
ReplyDelete"On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my prayer / May know if you remain upon this island, / And that you will some good instruction give," (I.ii.423-425).
Verb.- To give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner.
Since I behaved well all year, I hope that Santa will vouchsafe to me what I had asked for in my letter to him.
Abate
ReplyDelete"The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardor of my liver" (IV.i.55-56).
Verb: become less intense or widespread.
Good thing the plague abated or else we could be sick right now.
-Lili
Fathom
ReplyDelete"This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,/ Bury it certain fathoms in the earth." (V.i.54-55)
Verb: measurement usually relating to depth
I can't even begin to fathom the great oceans, they are so massive I would drown trying.
-Krista Leach
Mutineer
ReplyDelete"If you prove a mutineer-the next tree!" (III.ii. 38)
Noun: Someone who rebels against authority, most often used regarding soldiers or sailors.
When the captain found out that he had a group of mutineers on his ship, he locked them up so that they wouldn't be able to provide the enemy with any more of the ship's top secret plans.
-Alex Cosentino
Bereft
ReplyDelete"Thee of thy son, Alonso, They have bereft; and do pronounce by me" (IV.i.61)
Adjective: suffering the death of a loved one
The bereft mother missed her son dearly after he passed away in a car crash.
-Lindsey Burzumato
Manacle
ReplyDeleteNoun: a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.
Those who commit sin shall be humiliated Im front of the towns people with manacles clasped around their neck and feet.
*in front of
Delete
ReplyDeleteIndustrious
"What, Ariel! My industrious servant Ariel!"(4.1 33)
Adj: working energetically and devotedly; hardworking; dilligent
The industrious worker wished to impress the boss by working harder and longer than anyone else
Evan Kessinger
DeleteTake
ReplyDelete“...which must take the ear strangely.” (5.1.314-15).
v. captivate, delight, enrapture
The sight of my date for the dance caused my eyes to take effortlessly.
-Becky Siegel
Promontory
ReplyDelete"With his own bolt; the strong-based promontory/"(5.1. 46).
noun. A point of high land that juts out into a large body of water.
The pirates sailed until they could see the promontory jutting out of the land mass and they knew they had found the place they had been looking for.
-Nick Vencile