Comparing The Tempest And Forbidden Planet

Forbidden planet can be seen as relating to many different types of workings but the one that stands out is The Tempest. The Tempest is a story of a man that is stranded on an island that uses his magical powers to gain control of his island. Even though The Tempest and Forbidden Planet portray the same lessons, plot, and even characters there are distinct differences. The main difference is that The Tempest uses magic and Forbidden Planet uses technology. However if you think about the Technology that is used in Forbidden Planet it is so far ahead of there time that they do not understand it, therefore it can be seen as magic as they have no way in explaining this technology. Dr. Morbius trying to figure out the technology throughout the movie …show more content…
He is stranded on the island for twelve years and throughout the twelve years he is able to use his magical powers to gain control of the island. With control of this island he has a massive storm created by Ariel (one of his servants that is a spirit) to shipwreck his brother Antonio, to get revenge on him after he banished him. This shipwreck ends up stranding a crew of King Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, Ferdinand, and Gonzalo to the island, Prospero sends Ariel to watch the crew. While this is happening Ferdinand and Miranda end up falling in love and making the decision to get married. Caliban tries to overthrow Prospero with two other men from the shipwreck but he stops them. In the end Prospero ends up forgiving the people that did him wrong and let his daughter and Ferdinand get …show more content…
Morbius is stranded on a planet with his daughter. This may be by choice that they are stranded on Altair IV but it is the same concept as Prospero and Miranda being alone on the island. Prospero uses his magic and Ariel to shipwreck his brother and Dr. Morbius uses his subconscious, to have the ID monster to attack the fleet and the ship, which he is not fully aware that he sent the monster but it is something that influences his actions. Morbius believes that he has got the Krell technology down just like Prospero has mastered his magic. The technology in Forbidden Planet is symbolizing the magic that is used by Prospero in The Tempest, however not as quite as successful. John Adams the commander of the fleet ends up falling in love with Altair, which this is portraying Ferdinand and Miranda in The Tempest falling in love. They end up being together as she finally falls for him at the end of the movie. Robby the Robot just like Ariel is a servant to their master as they are always getting called upon, trying to beneficial, and try to conform to their master’s commands. Both the ID monster and Caliban are nature of forces that are in indigenous to their planet or island. Both Dr. Morbius and Prospero try to control their nature of forces and they rise up against them and try to kill them. Prospero