Vocabulary from The Tempest

device

to serve as a vehicle to/ to serve as a metaphor

to unrequited love = unreturned love

spectrum of emotion

disillusioned

to seem to be past participle

to set the mood for

to convey

to put into focus = to underline = to focuse on

to disable someone to do

to chastise to regret

to be depicted by someone

there's a storm approaching --> an approaching storm

to blame

to produce an image in the mind of (the reader)

to convince the audience

to put blame upon

to bring light into

to shine light onto

to picture someone as

to be willing

to to run away from

to be displayed as the cause of

to portray

harsh sea

woe

dismal

bleak

dreary

in the case of

overbearing

diction

from the beginning

the future has in store

events to come

progressing moment

the present mood

clue --> to give a clue

helpless

the change in mood

throughout the sonnet

as well

for instance = for example

despite

as a reader

all different from one another

to differ from

renowned

they manage to write in different manners of doing so

Wyatt's Pessimism: a comparative analysis

VOCABULARY

To imitate

To be obsessed over (something)

Unattainable woman

Lady - mistress

To take the situation

Dealings

To be about essentially the same thing

Before examining

Right at the beginning = right from the start

To have a negative connotation

Aim – aimless - aimlessly

To give the impression that

On one hand/ on the other hand

Merely = simply

To dramatize

To state

To wander

To portray – portrayal - portrait

Whereas

He wants the reader to experience

To be involved with

To have the reader feel

To be over

To use euphemisms

To soften

In one’s opinion – one’s thinking – to feel convinced that

Tangible representation

To give a sense of optimism

To exaggerate

Failure --> to be failed

To parallel

Goal – to have the same goal in mind

Quest/ research

To acquire

To remain

To put emphasis

To make something emphatically

Phrase

To symbolize - to become the symbol FOR

To interpret

He/she/they who

As if

Ultimately

Sigh – hope – desire

Changeless wind

To make reference to - To refer to

To claim that

To combine to give

To clear up

Most likely

To write about

Not only…, he also…

Times smaller

To plunge (someone)

It may end up

To continue to stay + adj.

To be optimistic about

Unreachable

Key difference