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You 'Re Welcome' By Dwayne Johnson
The song “You’re Welcome” by Dwayne Johnson expresses for the moment in Act I, Scene 2 when Prospero reminds Ariel of what he did for him and, if anything, how Ariel owes him. In line with the scene, the song gives off a conceited sentiment and this correlates with Prospero’s attitude towards Ariel. The title of the song, for example, “You’re Welcome” (Dwayne Johnson) is the message Prospero is giving to Ariel when he reminds him,”It was a torment to lay upon the damned, which Sycorax could not again undo. It was mine art, when I arrived and heard thee, that made gape the pine and let thee out” (Shakespeare 49). In this scene, Prospero is reminding Ariel of where he came from and how he rescued him from being Sycorax’s servant who left him

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