The Tempest Research Paper

Caliban also reflects the racial differences and inferiority of other races to the white race, which is partially reflected in his contrast to Prospero. Caliban’s mother was

The discovery of the new world caused one of the greatest culture shocks in history with two very separate cultures clashing for the first time. This clash was evident when European colonies started to form. It wasn’t long before fighting began to erupt between the natives and the settlers causing war and consequently slavery from the capture of natives. This new acquisition of slaves accelerated the degradation of the Native American culture with many slaves pressed into service on plantations to only die a punishing death. The Tempest by William Shakespeare and the Essays of Montaigne offered Europeans an honest view of Native Americans that differed greatly

There is always evidence of an author in their works, and to fully grasp an author’s motive and perspective a reader must have knowledge of their personal history and their time period. Whether they instill small parts of themselves in their characters or make themselves actual characters, there are always attributes of authors found in their creations. Sometimes they even go as far as placing themselves inside their stories. One of the most debated topics of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is if the Bard really did base the character Prospero on himself. Some Shakespearean scholars believe Shakespeare used the story of the wise sorcerer as a metaphor for his own life. Others believe that this is reaching too far outside the realm of textual

In "The Tempest", different characters illustrate the various obstacles they face. It demonstrates the theme struggle for power, giving that each character has a characteristic for striving to achieve. In the play, Shakespeare gives off the theme struggle

“The Tempest” , Shakespeare's last writing, to most, was just to represent him leaving the writing community but, I feel as though it was really to show colonialism. He uses characters to represent people in the world. As prospero was the colonizer with all the power that people fear or/and respected. While Caliban was just a what we would call a native. This play is similar to the American colonizing the midwest from the Native American.

    A Tempest by Aime Cesaire is an attempt to confront and rewrite the idea of colonialism as presented in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.  He is successful at this attempt by changing the point of view of the story.  Cesaire transforms the characters and transposes the scenes to reveal Shakespeare’s Prospero as the exploitative European power and Caliban and Ariel as the exploited natives.  Cesaire’s A Tempest is an effective response to Shakespeare’s The Tempest because he interprets it from the perspective of the colonized and raises a conflict with Shakespeare as an icon of the literary canon.

Shakespeare’s play The Tempest was written amidst the ‘Age of Discovery’, an age of new worlds and ideas which highly valued literature and art. The play was also written during the Jacobean period, in the rule of James I, a period of social hierarchy with the King at the top above everyone, with James I believing in the idea of the ‘Divine Rights of Kings’. These values are

“Today is the day to choose your part for our play, The Tempest!” our director says. Earlier in the month, I had signed up to be in the school play, and we learned and read The Tempest to understand that this play would challenge our acting skills.

In the world there does not really exist anyone who has all the qualities necessary to be perfect. Some people have certain qualities that make them strong like knowledge and courage but may miss qualities like strength or loyalty. There is always that person who might seem minor than everyone else but highlights the weaknesses or strengths of another person. A person mostly always misses a quality that other people have and contrast them to make them seem stronger or weaker than that person. In the play “The tempest” by William Shakespeare Gonzalo is different to Antonio and Sebastian because he is loyal, optimistic and helpful.

The Tempest is a play that has a theme of nature and civilization. It has a strong theme that deals with issues of colonizer and the colonized. While to many people this play may simply be just a play, it really has a story of what happens when nature and civilization collide. The character Caliban represents a being of pure nature. The character Prospero is civilization. These characters can also be seen as the colonized and the colonizer. The relationship they have is very complex and is a constant struggle, much like any relationship between a colonizer and colonized. It questions what is pure nature? Is it savage and monster like, as Caliban is? In this paper I will examine the relationship between Caliban

The Shakespearean tragic canon contains works that are explicitly tragic such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. However, it can also be said to contain The Tempest, a piece that is not explicitly tragic and can even be considered a comedy. Of course, one might wonder how a comedy such as The Tempest might fit into Shakespeare’s tragic vision, especially when considered alongside such a notoriously bleak play as King Lear. After all, the role of comedy is to uplift the audience, while the role of tragedy is to offer the audience catharsis and purge them emotionally. However, The Tempest is not just a comedy, it

Many of todays television shows and movies are inspired by classic books and plays. The television show “Lost” is a modern day version of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”. Like “The Tempest”, “Lost” looks at themes such as fear, control, and relationships. “The Tempest” starts with a ship wreck on a deserted island in which a group of people from different social classes don't know each and have to work together to survive. Similar to “The Tempest”, “Lost” begins with a plane crash on a deserted island and strangers have to work together to survive. Both “Lost” and “The Tempest” set a stage where they look at common themes that humans struggle with such as fear, control, and relationships.

The Tempest, often regarded as Shakespeare’s last play, displaces the theme of possession of control and command over other, commonly known as power. Ariel, Caliban and the courtiers from Milan, all demonstrate different levels of control. Prospero, the protagonist of the play, especially displays his ability to cast influence and affect others psychologically. The characters, their relationships and their use of power can be compared to the English government and society of the 17th Century.

It is often said, by critics and literature scholars alike, that The Tempest was Shakespeare’s “farewell to theatre”. However, his proposed ode to the arts has many levels of simplicity (which can be confused with complexity but is ultimately different), and therefore a more in-depth analysis than usually offered can conclude Shakespeare used the play as instructions for the audience as well as to reflect on his own life. Shakespeare challenged his audience to accept, or perhaps even disagreed with, his own perception of freedom, which was that freedom could only be sought by those who made theselves vulnerable. The playwright demonstrated this vulnerability through the contrasting characters of Caliban and Ariel, the self-usurpation of Prospero,

Throughout the stage play ‘The Tempest’, several characters encounter unexpected and unplanned discoveries. When unearthed, these discoveries have the ability to challenge the characters to acknowledge their own imperfections and force them to reassess their perceptions