The Tempest By William Shakespeare And Mama Day By Gloria Naylor

The most recent version of The Tempest by Julie Taymor changes Prospero to “Prospera,” a female figure played by Helen Mirren. Consider both 17th-century gender issues and more recent ones in examination of the play’s discussions about virginity, marriage and femininity.

     In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero's magic is the means that Prospero teaches his lessons to the plays various characters. Whether or not those lessons were learned or not is irrelevant. The main issue is that Prospero's character is indeed a complex one, and one that deserves much attention. Two essays that look at the complexity of Prospero and his magic are Stephen Miko's "Tempest," and Barbara Mowat's "Prospero, Agrippa, and Hocus Pocus." Both of these essays, in dealing with Prospero and his magic reveal things about Prospero that only enhance the mystery of his character.

In the beginning of the The Tempest Prospero uses magic as revenge then decides to give it up by the end of the play. He created the storm on the ship using his magic but did not killed the ones on the vessel. As this happens Miranda, Prospero's daughter, starts to worry, “ O, I have suffered/ With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel,/ who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,/ Dashed all to pieces!...” (1.2.5). This quote shows how Prospero made his daughter worry cause of his magic. Another reason, he gives up magic as a forgiveness, Prospero gives up magic by quoting in 5.1.61-62 “ And deeper than did ever plummet sound/ I’ll drown my book.” This quote demonstrates how Prospero decide to give up magic. These examples show how Prospero develop

In Césaire’s A Tempest one of the main characters, Prospero, decides to remain on the island with Caliban and live out the rest of his life there. He remains there because he thinks the island needs him to be its ruler. As time continues, we see the deterioration of his mind and body. He becomes feeble and weak. He appears to see opossums overrunning the island and he attacks them to "protect civilization". Prospero seems to be hallucinating, and because of this can be seen as a crazy old man who has reached the end of his life. However, in this paper, I will argue that the opossums and other things he experiences aren’t just hallucinations he creates from being in a weakened state, but actually the realization of what he 's done in the

He decides to merry her off to Ferdinand and by doing this he “Have given you here a third of mine own life.”(4.1.4-5) He is surrendering his daughter to another man and is losing the girl he loved to adulthood. Prospero decides to give up his magic and says, “have waked their sleepers, oped and let em forth by my so potent art”(5.1.59) His art will be put to rest and once he exacts his revenge he can go back to being the duke of Milan. When Prospero releases Ariel he tells her “Be free and fare thou well- Please you draw near.”(5.1.378) The significance of giving up all of these things he once controlled is that he is now become older and is passing the torch of to his daughter. He has achieved everything that he had wanted and has been made duke once again and he must leave his foolish ways in the past. By giving all of these things up Prospero may feel alone, but the time has come to move on from his daughter, Ariel, Caliban and the Island. The must be left in peace to live their own lives and he should cease being the director of their lives and focus on his now in his old age. Prospero though old his life is coming closer to an end and so his magic and family that were once part of him are now in the past and “We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep. Sir I am vexed. Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled.”(4.1.173-176) At his age he has accepted his fate and it is now time for all the things he has done in the past for Ariel, Miranda and Caliban though not all great to take root and live their own free lifes that he had lacked for many

The play, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare is a very cleverly thought out piece of work. Shakespeare very deliberately inter-relates several different forms of power during the course of the play. There is political power, shown through the plethora of political characters and their schemes, while at the same time parodied by the comic characters. The power of magic and love, and its ability to reunite and absolve also plays a major role in the play. Throughout the play, Prospero, the main character, takes great advantage of his power and authority, both properly and improperly. The epiphany of this however, is realized at the end of the play.

Explore the struggle/desire/theme of power and how it is presented in ‘Lord of the Flies’ and ‘The Tempest’.

Prospero is a powerful, sharp, determined, and a loving father, who likes to be in control. In Act One Scene 2, his language tells us a lot about him and his relationships with the other characters.

Prospero’s intentions throughout the play was to seek out vengeance towards his brother and all those who helped him in his betrayal. Through the work of Ariel, Prospero was able to capture those he shipwrecked but decides to forgive them. He also forgives Caliban after plotting to kill him while serving another master, these acts of change are key to the improvement and empowerment Prospero learns after being on the island. The is a growth and arch shown about the character as he states, “ The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.” Prospero also shows enrichment of character when he sets Ariel free after commanding him to make smooth sailing upon the return to Naples and Milan, contrasting to the beginning of the play when Prospero seems ungrateful about the service of Ariel. The problem Prospero had that paved the way to him being exiled, was his obsession with studying his art/magic. It is through his experience on the island where he finally comes to realize that the source and self-improvement that he needed to make was giving up his magic. This is symbolized by the throwing away of his books and his plea to the audience to “release him from his bands”. By giving up his magic,the reason he couldn’t be an affective Duke, shows how his alienation on the island benefited him by allowing him to focus on his role and duty as

Throughout Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello makes numerous poor decisions due to his jealousy. Hitting Desdemona, trusting Iago, and killing Desdemona are among a few of the poor decisions that he makes. The word jealous can be defined as feeling or showing suspicion of someone's unfaithfulness in a relationship. Othello feels suspicious of Desdemona’s and Cassio’s relationship because of the lies that Iago tells him. Many people try to tell Othello the truth but he only believes the words of Iago. Even Emilia, Iago’s wife, tells Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are not having an affair and their interaction is business only, however; he does not trust her. Without Othello’s jealousy he would not have made these horrible decisions.

What if I told you that no matter what you look at or how many times you look at it, you’ll never truly be able to see it. Often the things we perceive as the most trustworthy are only misinterpretations of reality created by our perspective, which make common illusions. Characters in Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream also experience this idea, demonstrated when they are tricked by their own perspective and only see what they think is the best scenario. Illusions are created based on people 's perceptions of reality. It is then clear that in Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream, perspective creates reality. This perspective creates a version of truth that hides the reality from people 's eyes. This is shown when Lysander is tricked by the magic flower into loving Helena, Friar Lawrence calling Romeo a girl due to his tears, as well as having hallucinations while under the effects of drugs.

As he quids all of the people that onced ruined his life to his home, he remembers how the dukedom made him feel and began to think of the life with it compared to the one he is living in now. He proclaims “I’ll break my staff / Bury it certain fathoms in the earth / And deeper than did ever plummet sound / I’ll drown my book” (V.1.54-57). This passage shows that Prospero is willing to give up everything he has to gain his old life back. He is willing to become powerless to become powerful in himself.

William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” speaks about multiple authoritative relationships throughout the play and the abuse of power and authority. The main character Prospero lives on a deserted island with his daughter Miranda. Prospero used to be the Duke of Milan until he has been usurped by his brother Antonio with the help Alonso the King of Naples and his brother Sebastian. Prospero and Miranda were banished to sea in a rotten boat and eventually lands in a deserted island who was once ruled by a witch named Sycorax but is now only inhabited by her son Caliban and a spirit named Ariel. Since arriving at the island, Prospero has been ruling the island and enslaved Caliban and Ariel by the use of magic. He acts as if he is God by creating a storm in order to shipwreck the King of Naples and Antonio. Prospero uses his powers to get revenge on his brother for having been exiled to the island. Prospero is a controlling character who seems to be obsessed with getting revenge in order to regain his status. He abuses his authority and takes advantage of his slaves and his daughter Miranda to fulfil his evil plan.

Altogether, Prospero gave up his position as Duke of Milan because he chose to study black magic instead of taking care of his responsibilities to his people. The quest of knowledge of the black magic made Prospero become so studious that it seems that he completely forgot about his kingdom. In Act 1, Scene 2 Prospero acknowledged that he was caught up in his occult books, and as a result, he let his control of the government slip into Antonio’s hands. Prospero allowed his brother to help him run the government so he could get more involved in the occult. Antonio, Prospero’s brother, was able to take advantage of the situation by dethroning Prospero and becoming the new Duke of Milan. Antonio also decided that he would send Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, to live on an island. Magic had already become a major part of Prospero’s life, and being exiled to the island only helped him pursue it more. On the island, there was a witch, Sycorax, that ruled over it, and when Prospero defeated her, he gained the service of Ariel and Caliban.

Prospero is a character that seems to stand at the very centre of The Tempest. Throughout the play, he prompts most of the action, and he has the last word.