The Tempest And Of Mice And Men Analysis

This essay will compare the ways in which powerful characters are presented in The Tempest and Of Mice and Men. It will firstly address the most powerful character in The Tempest and the ways in which the character is presented, secondly it will then compare the similarities of the most powerful character in The Tempest against the most powerful character in Of Mice and Men. It will then go on to compare the characters that hold true power in The Tempest and Of Mice and Men. The fourth part compares the way in which minor characters possess different kinds of power, and finally, some conclusions will be drawn

The most powerful character in The Tempest is Prospero as he has power over the island and almost just deemed himself “ruler” of …show more content…
Another reason Curley is regarded as powerful is because of his boots as they are different from everyone else’s on the ranch, so like Prospero’s cloak and staff Curley’s boots are made him to be seen as a powerful man. Curley’s power is also a good example of social injustice and corruption as Candy says at the start of the novel “Curley won’t ever get canned cause his old man’s the boss” and this relates to Prospero as he is the “ruler” of the island and he has power and economic status. In addition, Curley’s power is that he lives in a house unlike all the other men on the ranch who live in the bunk house and are lonely men, unlike Curley who has a wife. However because of this he is looked down on by the men of the ranch as Curley wears a glove filled with Vaseline one hand that he keeps “soft for his wife” and this suggests that he makes obscene allusions towards his wife. Adding to this Curley loves to have power and control over his wife, as Prospero does with Miranda, and Curley treats his wife like he possesses her as he always running around looking for his wife, as he often bursts into the bunk house demanding to know where his wife is “you seen a girl around here?” and this also shows that he does not trust his wife around the other men as she flirts with them, like Miranda flirts with …show more content…
Ariel is also almost like Prospero’s spy as he reports back everything that is said from the characters as Ariel has the ability to be unseen by the characters so they do not realise they are being listened to or having tricks played on them. Ariel is also similar to Slim as they both have bosses and are told to carry out tasks, but still they have power over people although they both have a limit of power due to them both having bosses and the audience and the reader of The Tempest and Of Mice and Men are sympathetic towards Ariel and Slim because of this as they are both trapped by the power of their