Exploring Shakespeares Presentation of the Theme of...

Exploring Shakespeares Presentation of the Theme of Power in The Tempest In The Tempest, power manifests itself in many different forms. Three of the main types of power that Shakespeare explores are the power of love, the power of magic and illusion and the power of a master over his slave. He presents these forms of power in a number of ways. In The Tempest Prospero appears to hold the majority of the power. He maintains his control over other characters in various ways, for example he uses the power of love to influence his daughter Miranda. Miranda is devoted to her father, and Prospero uses guilt to maintain this. In their first conversation, Prospero?s power over Miranda becomes†¦show more content†¦Although Prospero forbade Miranda from telling Ferdinand her name, he knew that they would inevitably fall in love. He does not want Miranda to appear as a prize that can be easily won, saying ?I must uneasy make, lest too light winning/ Make the prize light? and he instigates his authority by creating rules for Miranda and also treating Ferdinand as he would a slave, ordering him to ?Come! I?ll manacle thy neck and feet together?. Although Ferdinand is a prince, he must bow to Prospero?s authority, similarly to the characters of Ariel and Caliban. Prospero has control over his slave Ariel, whom he controls by the promise of freedom. This type of master-slave power is a dominant form of power within ?The Tempest?. Ariel is a spirit who is, similarly to Miranda, devoted to Prospero. He says to Prospero ?All hail, great master, great sir, hail!? The repetition makes it seem dramatic and joyful, emphasising Ariel?s devotion to Prospero, and the fact that he will do whatever Prospero asks of him. As with Miranda, Prospero also controls Ariel using guilt, saying ?dost thou forget/ from what a torment I did free thee from... thy groans did make wolves howl? This causes Ariel feel as though he is at Prospero?s service, with Shakespeare using terrifying imagery to remind us of the anguish Ariel had facedShow MoreRelatedDiscuss the Timeless Quality of Shakespeares Sonnets1881 Words   |  8 PagesDiscuss the timele ss quality of Shakespeare’s sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets are lively reflections on love and time, these two themes seem to be the principal themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets and he returns to them again and again each time exploring them in a lively and personal matter. The theme of love and time are two themes that are timeless and still today, appeal to the modern reader. Shakespeare reveals how nerve wracking a relationship can be, but he also shows how love is ultimately theRead More William Faulkners Use of Shakespeare Essay5388 Words   |  22 Pagescarrying around with me† (FIU 67). Faulkner’s recorded interviews and conversations contain references to a number of Shakespeares works and characters, including Hamlet, Macbeth, Henry IV, Henry V, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet, the sonnets, Falstaff, Prince Hal, Lady Macbeth, Bottom, Ophelia, and Mercutio. In 1947 he told an Ole Miss English class that Shakespeare’s work provides â€Å"a casebook on mankind,† a dding, â€Å"if a man has a great deal of talent he can use Shakespeare as a yardstick†Read MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesof all. Only in summer days of highest feather did its mood touch the level of gaiety. Intensity was more usually reached by way of the solemn than by way of the brilliant, and such a sort of intensity was often arrived at during winter darkness, tempests, and mists. Then Egdon was aroused to reciprocity; for the storm was its lover, and the wind its friend. Then it became the home of strange phantoms; and it was found to be the hitherto unrecognized original of those wild regions of obscurity which