Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act V: Scene 2

minister (8) a servant.

Promethean heat (12) divine fire.

relume (13) relight.

forfend (32) forbid.

chrysolite (146) topaz; a gemstone.

reprobation (210) rejection by God.

liberal as the north (221) freely as the north wind blows.

stones (221) thunderbolts.

whipster (245) a term of contempt.

seamark (269) a beacon, destination.

compt (274) accounting on Judgment Day.

Judean (348) a possible reference to Judas Iscariot.

Spartan dog (362) a bloodhound.

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