Sebastian - Quotes
English Lit: AQA GCSE The Tempest, topic 11.1.9
Key Quotations - Sebastian
Here are three key quotations that highlight aspects of Sebastian's character:
'Thank yourself for this great loss'
- 'Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss, / That would not bless our Europe with your daughter, / But rather lose her to an African, / Where she at least is banished from your eye, / Who hath cause to wet the grief on 't.'
- Sebastian tells Alonso to get over the death of his son as if it was nothing. This highlights his lack of empathy. He also blames Alonso for his own son's death.
'A living drollery!'
- 'A living drollery! Now I will believe / That there are unicorns, that in Arabia / There is one tree, the phoenix' throne, one phoenix / At this hour reigning there.'
- One vision has been proved true and Sebastian doesn't know what to believe. This gullibility highlights how easily Sebastian could be persuaded by the lies of Antonio.
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