Comparative Essay On The Tempest

The Tempest is about an ousted Duke of Milan ,Prospero, who has been living in exile on a remote island for the past twelve years with his daughter Miranda. He is a powerful magician, who happens to be the master of Ariel and Caliban, and a guy who really likes his books. When Prospero's enemies wash up on shore, he uses his black magic to seek revenge and restore himself to power. The Tempest belongs to the genre of Elizabethan romance plays. It combines elements of tragedy with those of romantic comedy, and like one of Shakespeare's plays previously, it asks deeper questions that are not completely resolved at the end. The tone that seeps into the play is one of wonder, amazement, and admiration. Mystery is still present , but the magic performed is not black and scary. The version that seems to grasp my attention more, would have to be the Utah Valley University interpretation because it takes Shakespeare’s main purpose and tone but shows it in its own unique way. Furthermore, with its silly drunkards, the play has a certain lightness to it and even the so called killers of the King tell hilarious jokes and are lighthearted. But there is also the tone of revenge and reconciliation in the play. We feel a revenge burning in Prospero while, at the same time, a wish for forgiveness and reconciliation with those who have wronged him.

The Tempest a violent windy storm created by Prospero, Duke of Milan, for revenge to those who betrayed him. The Tempest was William Shakespeare's last play written in 1610. Prospero the major character gets revenge setting in a mysterious island. Prospero develops throughout The Tempest. This can be seen through magic, being a father, and his relationship with Ariel.

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

All men are born to have flaws. Flaws, varying from tiny to significant, have the ability to shape people’s path in life. A little flaw can undo all the merits that people have gained in their life. A significant flaw can tear people apart and cause them to fall from the peak of the mountain to the rough, hard ground for the rest of their lives. In Othello, written by Williams Shakespeare, there are three characters-Iago, Othello and Desdemona, all of which suffer greatly due to their own flaws that covers their eyes and contribute to a mass of misunderstanding and evil plans.

In English class we created a treasure chest about Prospero based of the book The Tempest by William Shakespeare. We originally decided to build a treasure chest based off the whole book, but we decided to just describe the protagonist, Prospero, from the book. In the chest there will be an assortment of quotes directed from the book that describe each object and the importance of it. The objects inside of the chest include the magic stick, a book of spells, a cloak, a picture of Miranda and Prospero, a picture of Ariel and Prospero, and a picture of Caliban.

Modern critique rank’s Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ as one of the most preeminent and descriptive plays addressing the role of colonial power and conquest in literature. One of Shakespeare’s last plays, ‘The Tempest’ explores the direct parallel between the working proletariats and wealthy bourgeois. Therefore the focuses of this paper are the implications of hegemony and class alienation, the commoditization of human subclasses, and the commonalities with “The Tempest” and Shakespeare’s life. The analysis addresses the role of social class, the social context of work, the beneficiaries of work, and the implementation and championing of social value systems. This has relevance because Shakespeare’s focus until ‘The Tempest’ primarily was through the lens of the Elizabethan Renaissance. And in correlation to his personal life, the experience of class dichotomy is a recent occasion for Shakespeare. Like Prospero, Shakespeare was an ingenious performer who created to amuse and enlighten. And characters like Ariel and Caliban align with his brilliance and literary captivity respectively.

Women, especially Desdemona but Emilia as well, are obviously targets of male violence in Othello. For some reason Shakespeare’s play often put the emphasis on the role of the female characters and their influence on the main male characters. For instance, the result of the passionate love of Romeo for Juliet, the effect of Ophelia’s insanity had on hamlet, and so on. In Othello, Shakespeare made Desdemona and the other women in the play no different; Othello’s jalousie and love made the play a tragedy. Shakespeare made Desdemona the faithful wife of Othello. She was such a kindhearted and wished to make everything work even when the situation where she lost her handkerchief she tried to fix the situation and calming Othello. However, her innocent sympathy towards Cassio made lago’s lies more credible. Overall, one can say that her naïve nature causes her to become a target for the men in the play.

The Tempest is a play that was written by Shakespeare in 1610-1611, which is his last play that he wrote, by himself. Even though Shakespeare has died,his work is still alive for people to enjoy and love in the present time and future. The Tempest had a theme based on fiction and nonfiction. The play had romance,comedy (in my opinion) and a little singing as well. But who knows, this might not be Shakespeare’s last work.

The Tempest was a play like no other we have read. The Tempest was an allusion to the New World as well as to the shipwreck happening in the start of the play. "In The Tempest, Caliban represents the deprived colonial subject, and Prospero, the usurping European colonizer." Prospero was the colonizer of the island, while Caliban was seen as the one who wanted to colonize the island. The two are against each other throughout the play as Caliban wants what Prospero already has, claiming it was his first. We see them go back and forth with one another until the end. I agree with the statement in that Caliban wants the role that Prospero already obtains.

A play is a form of literature that is created by a playwright which is usually intended for theatrical performances rather than just reading. Plays are amazing pieces of literature that have language riddles that make the reader think. Shakespeare’s plays are more than just artistic literature, they consist of these constant riddles. His plays make his readers constantly guess and think; making them decipher the deeper meaning behind his elaborate use of words. Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest consists of a deeper meaning throughout the play to which he incorporates a deep-seated lesson at the end of the story. His use of words grab the reader’s attention and makes them reenact the play in their own imagination with incredible force. Shakespeare’s immense impact in literature allow for his plays to still be venerated and recreated around the world today. Director Julie Taymor recreated Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest and showed her own interpretation of the play by making it into a movie. Her interpretation was definitely interesting, but was not the most accurate portrayal of the play with the choosing of actors and the use of modern technology.

Unlike Miranda and Caliban, Ariel is ruled with complete adherence to Machiavelli’s instructions. Ariel conveys an unyielding admiration for Prospero, applauding him saying, “all hail, great master, grave sir, Hail!” (Shakespeare 1.2. 189). This admiration follows Machiavelli’s scheme, and as we can see from Caliban it does the ruler well to be loved and not hated. Ariel does however, sow some fear of Prospero as well when he requests freedom from his servitude and it is instinctively denied.

Ariel is adopted by Prospero as his personal servant and is valued by him as a “brave spirit” even though his freedom is not granted until the very end. He is repaying a debt to Prospero and is faithful to him, yet displays subtle resentment that he is not free. Ariel is a typical personal servant in his attributes. Caliban symbolises a native that the colonists viewed as savage and enslaved. Prospero’s harsh and intolerant behaviour towards him mimics what would have actually happened in reality during colonising times. When Prospero fails as an educator in imposing his values of civilisation on Caliban he regards him as a savage. He decides the only way to keep Caliban in order is to give him “stripes”, treating him worse then an animal. He is restricted to hard manual labour and threatened and bullied by Prospero, suffering in a similar way that many New World Natives did.

It is a common theme for the nobility to suppress the other people on the island to maintain their status of power. While their subjects may not be kept in a physical cell, they are placed in a cell of restrictions. Perhaps the most famous prisoners within the cells are Ariel and Caliban. Ariel was trapped in a tree because of the sinful witch, Sycorax. Upon arriving on the island, Prospero frees him from the trunk of the tree and makes Ariel his subject (I.ii 17). Ariel is sometimes hesitant to perform Prospero’s spiteful tasks. Another sign of captivity between Prospero and Ariel is the way Ariel refers to Prospero. In line 318 of Act I Scene II, he obeys Prospero and says, “My lord, it shall be done.” However, the two benefit from each other. Ariel also acts as a guide for Prospero by grounding him against his narcissistic tendencies while Prospero takes care of the ethereal spirit. Caliban, however, despises the sight of Prospero. In Act I Scene II, Caliban describes the care that was provided by Prospero: he taught him language; he cared for him as he grew, and he gave him delicious wine. Bitter due to the usurping of his rightful kingdom, he manages to keep his distance from Prospero (I.ii 19). Disobeying his master’s rules, Caliban

The tempest by William Shakespeare is a story about a man named Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Within the story Prospero does almost everything for his daughter. Prospero takes one the mother’s role and finds Miranda a fiance. Telling her the truth about how they came about to end up on the island. Prospero protecting Miranda at all costs making sure nothing hurts her. The Attitude prospero has towards Miranda when compared to the attitude towards others. Thought some of the things he 's done have been extreme Prospero was the best parent that he could be under the circumstances.

The Tempest brings out the discussion of rule, in this play the theme of rule is prominent, especially in the beginning of the play where the conversation between Prospero and Miranda (his daughter) lead the actions of Prospero, this paper will be analysing the hierarchy of the characters, the definition of justice for Prospero and who’s the king of Milan. Prospero has magical powers which is seen later in the play, the play starts off by the telling the story of the current king and his crew on a boat in a storm that Prospero made, the story continues more on when the audience finds out that Prospero was actually exiled by Antonio who is the brother of Prospero. In The Tempest the rising motive of Prospero is he believes he is the