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In Shakespeare's "The Tempest", Miranda (daughter of Prospero) comments this line to Ferdinand, in Act 1 Scene 2, line 461.
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What does nothing ill can dwell in this temple mean?
At the end of Act I Scene 2 of The Tempest, Miranda has met the shipwrecked Ferdinand, and is much impressed. Prospero, however, voices his suspicion that Ferdinand might be a treacherous spy. Ferdinand denies it and Miranda weighs in with There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't. "Temple" here means a container. A temple is a building to house a god; a person's body houses his or her spirit. Thus a person's body is the temple of his spirit. This is the metaphor that Miranda uses. She says that such a good-looking man could not have an evil spirit, as Prospero accuses Ferdinand of having, because a fair exterior will attract a good spirit. If Miranda had known more than two men previously (she appears to count Caliban as a man) she might not have jumped so quickly to this dangerous conclusion.
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What does nothing ill can dwell in this temple mean?
At the end of Act I Scene 2 of The Tempest, Miranda has met the shipwrecked Ferdinand, and is much impressed. Prospero, however, voices his suspicion that Ferdinand might be a treacherous spy. Ferdinand denies it and Miranda weighs in with There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't. "Temple" here means a container. A temple is a building to house a god; a person's body houses his or her spirit. Thus a person's body is the temple of his spirit. This is the metaphor that Miranda uses. She says that such a good-looking man could not have an evil spirit, as Prospero accuses Ferdinand of having, because a fair exterior will attract a good spirit. If Miranda had known more than two men previously (she appears to count Caliban as a man) she might not have jumped so quickly to this dangerous conclusion.
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