what is the allegory device in Act II scene I from Shalespeare\'s The Tempest Solution Allegory definition: An allegory is a work of art, such as a story or painting, in which the characters, images, and/or events act as symbols. The symbolism in an allegory can be interpreted to have a deeper meaning. An author may use allegory to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth, or political or historical situation. As the shipwrecked mariners look around the island, they describe it in poetry of great imagistic richness, giving the audience an imaginary picture of the setting of the play. Even so, they disagree about what they see, and even argue over what the island actually looks like. Adrian finds it to be of “subtle, tender, and delicate temperance,” where “the air breathes upon us . . . most sweetly Gonzalo says that the grass is “lush and lusty” and “green” Antonio and Sebastian, however, cynical to the last, refuse to let these descriptions rest in the audience’s mind. They say that the air smells “as ’twere perfumed by a fen”,meaning a swamp, and that the ground “indeed is tawny”, or brown. The remarks of Antonio and Sebastian could be easily discounted as mere grumpiness, were it not for the fact that Gonzalo and Adrian do seem at times to be stretching the truth. (Adrian, for example, begins his remarks about the island’s beauty by saying, “Though this island seem to be desert . . . Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessible” Thus the bareness of the stage allows the beauty and other qualities of the island to be largely a matter of perspective. The island may be a paradise, but only if one chooses to see it that way. Shakespeare uses this ambiguous setting for several different purposes. First, the setting heightens the sense of wonder and mystery that surrounds the magical island. It also gives each audience member a great deal of freedom to imagine the island as he or she so chooses. Most importantly, however, it enables the island to work as a reflection of character—we know a great deal about different characters simply from how they choose to see the island..

1. what is the allegory device in Act II scene I from Shalespeare's The Tempest
Solution
Allegory definition:
An allegory is a work of art, such as a story or painting, in which the characters, images, and/or
events act as symbols. The symbolism in an allegory can be interpreted to have a deeper
meaning. An author may use allegory to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth, or political or
historical situation.
As the shipwrecked mariners look around the island, they describe it in poetry of great imagistic
richness, giving the audience an imaginary picture of the setting of the play. Even so, they
disagree about what they see, and even argue over what the island actually looks like. Adrian
finds it to be of “subtle, tender, and delicate temperance,” where “the air breathes upon us . . .
most sweetly
Gonzalo says that the grass is “lush and lusty” and “green”
Antonio and Sebastian, however, cynical to the last, refuse to let these descriptions rest in the
audience’s mind. They say that the air smells “as ’twere perfumed by a fen”,meaning a swamp,
and that the ground “indeed is tawny”, or brown. The remarks of Antonio and Sebastian could be
easily discounted as mere grumpiness, were it not for the fact that Gonzalo and Adrian do seem
at times to be stretching the truth. (Adrian, for example, begins his remarks about the island’s
beauty by saying, “Though this island seem to be desert . . . Uninhabitable, and almost
inaccessible” Thus the bareness of the stage allows the beauty and other qualities of the island to
be largely a matter of perspective. The island may be a paradise, but only if one chooses to see it
that way.
Shakespeare uses this ambiguous setting for several different purposes. First, the setting
heightens the sense of wonder and mystery that surrounds the magical island. It also gives each
audience member a great deal of freedom to imagine the island as he or she so chooses. Most
importantly, however, it enables the island to work as a reflection of character—we know a great
deal about different characters simply from how they choose to see the island.