Comparing The Tempest And The Outer World

As pointed out by Merrell Knighten in his essay called The Triple Paternity of Forbidden Planet, the main difference between Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction adaptation Forbidden Planet (referred to as FP) is the use and control of power. In The Tempest, Prospero knows what power he holds through the use of his books and spells, and ultimately uses these powers to restore order to the island. However, in forbidden Planet, Morbius’ powers are unknown to him and ultimately lead to his demise. This essay will show how Morbius may be considered a more disastrous character than Prospero due to his lack of realization of the power which

Columbus made four different voyages to what the world now knows as America, he wanted to find a water route to China because there were many goods that the Europeans wanted, and Columbus colonized and expanded the territory of Europe.

Many different explorers wanted to capture and take control of the land they didn’t own. They knew that the task was not one that would be easy. Lots of different explorers faced the task of removing the Natives as well as the other Countries fighting for the land. The settlers soon began to realize the opportunities they had in front of them. Explorers from Spain, England, Russia, and the new United States, looked with interest toward the Northwest. A major goal of the explorers was to discover the so-called "Northwest Passage" to the Pacific Ocean.

Columbus desired to travel to China, India, and the rumored East Islands. He was one of the few people in his time who believed the Earth was round, not flat like scientists had claimed before. He also believed the distance between Europe and Asia through the Atlantic was 2,300 miles, a rather small number. Believing the open ocean would lead to Asia, he sailed in that direction. Little did he know; two continents would block his

There were many reasons that prompted European exploration. These reasons include the spreading of Christianity, gain wealth/land, and an advance in technology. The Christian population beloved that the main goal in life should be to spread Christianity in every way possible, and finding new land and new people could increase the amount of Christians. As they spread their religion they also wanted to become rich. Lastly, as technology was advancing they were able to accomplish more. These three things were known as "God, glory, and gold".

The Europeans wanted to explore for many different reasons. I will be explaining what thesis reasons are and how they helped them. One of the biggest reasons was that they wanted to find a new route to Asia. What happened is that the Turkish cut Europe off by reclaiming Constantinople. The second reason was that they wanted to travel seeking to find gold, silver... Gold and silver were no longer found in European mines. So they had to find a different source and at the end they did. The third reason was to spread their religion. Monarchs who promoted the exploration believed that they had to spread the Christian Religion around the world. Some other reasons where:

In this motif tracing, I argue that the epithet “monster” is used as an agent of othering, a way to remove Caliban from the other characters and depict him as something other than human. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Caliban’s name is only said eight times, while he is addressed as “monster” the rest of the 34 times he is spoken to. This motif is used to belittle and dehumanize a unique character that plays an essential role in the plot. Shakespeare’s use of this epithet combined with Caliban’s servile role, restraint of his speech to simple diction, and portrayal as an insurgent, causes the uncultured native to be born. This plays into the 16th century view of the native: one who is there to serve the more sophisticated, knowledgeable masters.

Known for producing the world’s most well-known explorer and colonizer, Christopher Columbus, Italy was no stranger to the concept of slavery which was unjustly propagated unto the natives of the island by Prospero in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1603) and Aime Cesaire’s A Tempest (1969). Just as the European culture was forced unto the inhabitants of “discovered” lands, Prospero made it his duty to enforce such a standard unto the island natives. To any European in the 18th century, being black served as a diabolic symbol of a person who could not be refined but only improved by the imposition of European language and culture. With the triangular slave trade already in effect, one must not be surprised at the objective of Prospero as he became blinded by power and authority.

These explorers searched for trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. Some of the explorers simply set out to learn more about the world. The notorious voyages of Christopher Columbus began in an attempt to find a trade route to Asia by sailing west. He instead reached America. Columbus did not discover uninhabited land, but he did spark European explorers. He shared this information of the new world with Spain and the rest of Europe. The Age of Exploration allowed explorers to learn more about the Americas and places like Africa. Columbus was able to further define nautical maps. This Age of Discovery increased geographic

Naturally, people want to have control over their life and be able to make decisions for themselves, but human greed and pettiness will get the best of people if having control over themselves isn’t enough. The Tempest by William Shakespeare exploits the bad of human nature, making it clear that all people ever want is more than what they have. Caliban, Stephano, Sebastian, and Antonio all are willing to make perilous decisions in order to receive more power. The Tempest argues that characters in the play make treacherous decisions, harmful to themselves and things they care about, because of their craving of power.

Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. One of his comedic works The Tempest is a great play of his. The characters are truly timeless, and their qualities can be compared to qualities of people now. The character Caliban, a slave of Prospero and son of Sycorax with disfigured looks, could be argued as a man or a monster. Caliban is a monster with human qualities he has been affected by his surroundings to become the way he is and I think that Shakespeare intended readers to wonder whether Caliban is fully human or beast.

Why did Columbus travel west? Why did Marco Polo head east? Because it is that pull, that unknown, that prospect of adventure that compels humans to seek new frontiers to explore.

“The Tempest” is a Shakespearean play that takes play on a desert island somewhere between Tunis and Naples. A hazardous storm appears impacting a ship of European nobles and mariners; on board are Alonso, King of Naples, Gonzalo, Boatswain, Trinculo, Stefano, Antonio, Sebastian, and Ferdinand. The nobles are leaving Tunis, Africa after the wedding of Claribel, daughter of the King of Naples to the prince. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan uses his sorcery to conjure the very storm that bombards the nobles in order to bring them to the island. Frey interjects, “In 1808, Edmond Malone argued that Shakespeare derived the title and some of the play’s incidents from accounts of a storm and shipwreck experienced by Sir Thomas Gates and other Jamestown colonists on the Bermuda islands in 1609” (Frey 29).The play entails the romance of Ferdinand, Alonso’s son and Miranda, Prospero’s daughter; while also detailing a twelve year power struggle that is resurfacing itself in a treacherous plot for power. In comparison to the New World’s politics, “The Tempest” can be read as a play that deals with these same political issues: rebellion of constituted authorities, colonization of a new land, dehumanizing of the natives, marriages and romances of royalty, masters and servants, Christian virtues, and visions of a utopia.

Although I believe the theatrical performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” held to a higher standard, the cinematic version holds its own unique characteristics. In the movie, they offered contrasting theatrical and artistic concepts through cross-gender casting, acting styles, and special effects.

Jason Kelliher in his academic article put forward a comparison between the spirits such as Ariel or Caliban depicted in The Tempest and the technological advances in Brave New World. They both are a “form of technology” and are “the same kind of malicious control […] to fulfill authoritarian goals”. Science, and what is more magic in the Shakespeare's play, is really important to achieve a control on population through for example; with soma tablets in Brave New World and wine in The Tempest or with Hypnopaedia and the siren song that could be considered as a intentional determinism. These uses of technological advances, that are a “requirement for any purportedly society”, show according to Kelliher a “deification [of] industry” and “makes possible to idealize the assembly line and downplay the moral and religious values of a more “primitive” age”. This is ,this time, an intentional destruction of the religious primitivism. The new God of the World state would be Henry Ford as said in the date 642 After Ford which replace a