Shakespeare’s play The Tempest and the 2010 film adaption by Julie Taymor have evident differences in characters, themes, and story line. The themes are similar, for instance justice, and power. However, Prospero is played by a women in the film and it modifies some of the relationships and gender roles.
Casting choices impacted the dynamics of character relationships. The major casting choice in the film was turning Prospero’s character into a women. The mother-daughter relationship made Prospero’s character less evil. In the play, Prospero seems more genuine about her intentions and seems to partly be doing everything for her daughter. Prospera just wants a better life for her daughter and she thinks she can achieve that if she regains her …show more content…
The film does a good job of creating a similar setting to that in the play. The setting is the play is described as beautiful by Gonzalo and Antonio and Sebastian describe it as uninviting. The film shows parts of the setting as deserted and others are green landscape. To show the character’s opinions of the land believable the landscape is varied. A difference in story line is that the film reveals quiet early that Prospera caused the tempest and brought the men to the island, whereas the play reveals it further into the story. The film also omits the masque scene with Miranda and Ferdinand. The film instead shows Prospera’s powers, which is used to warn Ferdinand that Prospera can destroy him if he doesn’t keep his promise. The scene emphasizes her power while the scene in the play makes Prospero seem happy for the marriage. The spirits represent good wishes for their future as a married couple and they don’t get that in the film. Both versions emphasize that she cares about her daughter. The play does it by showing support towards the marriage, whereas the film does it by showing how protective she is towards her little girl. Furthermore, the film omits Prospero’s epilogue. Adding the epilogue would have the film a bit weird because it involves the audience clapping at the end. It works in the actual play because there is a live audience to interact
Casting choices impacted the dynamics of character relationships. The major casting choice in the film was turning Prospero’s character into a women. The mother-daughter relationship made Prospero’s character less evil. In the play, Prospero seems more genuine about her intentions and seems to partly be doing everything for her daughter. Prospera just wants a better life for her daughter and she thinks she can achieve that if she regains her …show more content…
The film does a good job of creating a similar setting to that in the play. The setting is the play is described as beautiful by Gonzalo and Antonio and Sebastian describe it as uninviting. The film shows parts of the setting as deserted and others are green landscape. To show the character’s opinions of the land believable the landscape is varied. A difference in story line is that the film reveals quiet early that Prospera caused the tempest and brought the men to the island, whereas the play reveals it further into the story. The film also omits the masque scene with Miranda and Ferdinand. The film instead shows Prospera’s powers, which is used to warn Ferdinand that Prospera can destroy him if he doesn’t keep his promise. The scene emphasizes her power while the scene in the play makes Prospero seem happy for the marriage. The spirits represent good wishes for their future as a married couple and they don’t get that in the film. Both versions emphasize that she cares about her daughter. The play does it by showing support towards the marriage, whereas the film does it by showing how protective she is towards her little girl. Furthermore, the film omits Prospero’s epilogue. Adding the epilogue would have the film a bit weird because it involves the audience clapping at the end. It works in the actual play because there is a live audience to interact