The Tempest Research Paper

Shakespeares so called late plays including works such as The Tempest and The Winters Tale present the audience with a world of incomparable wealth of interest in the unseen world of magic and adventure, all the while conveying Shakespeares unique capabilities with the English language and his risk-taking attitude towards theatre. Although this sudden change in attitude towards a risky side of presenting his plays, Shakespeare still maintains the overall product found in many of his plays; that of the journey of a character often ending in self-realisation and eventually death. All of these journeys are neither of magical or even fantastical nature, but simply of human nature and, in the end, it is the human aspect of theatre, and of life, that Shakespeare attempts to convey. The journey of Prospero presents the story of a rogue, untrustworthy man who once chose self-benefit over serving his country and consequently paid the price, but he is, abnormally, given a second chance.

Although initially presented to the audience as a tragedy, Shakespeare writes The Tempest with a much more realistic take on events, combing both tragedy and comedy in a representation of what can be considered to be real life. Beginning the tale in the midst of a frantic
Upon introduction to characters such as Caliban, the audience is allowed to perceive the cold-hearted, typically selfish nature of man that is present in Prospero. Calibans claim the This islands mine, by Sycorax my mother, shows Prosperos necessity for power and upon the imprisonment of Caliban within his magical powers, Prospero makes clear his obsession with possession and control, not only over land, but also of other people, especially his