The Temptest Literary Analysis

It's like a broken heart, it takes time to heal and for everything to feel okay again. The play "The Temptest" by William Shakespeare demonstrates the idea of chaos to order by giving the reader different types of setting and archetypal characters. The story begins with a massive shipwreck, where people wash upon shore one by one. Throughout the play, each character washes up on this "deserted" island. The king believed that his son was drifted out somewhere in the ocean. Eventually, everyone meets Prospero, and everyone is forgiven. The king was then reunited with his son. Prospero lets go of his magic and spells, and he sets Ariel and Caliban free. In "The Temptest", William Shakespeare uses setting and characterization to explain and illustrate …show more content…
Affected by drastic events, such as the shipwreck, and everyone getting separated; a person often finds themselves overly emotional and hoping for the best to occur. However, that may not be the case on how things are going to occur. Alonso, thinking his son has sank into the bottom of the muddy sea, is starting to lose all hope of him ever finding him. He is getting very tired of looking through his huge mess of an island. Alonso then says "Put off my hope. No longer for my flatterer"( ). Even with just a few hours of being stranded, and not finding the one thing that means absolutely everything to someone, can leave a person with a hole that cannot be filled with anything. A person often finds theirselves if life is really worth to continue on. Moving forward is a tough thing to do when someone has no hope. Believe that a person has no chance of overcoming chaotic events can lead them to thinking irrationally; such as, the loss of a loved one, watching someone a person cares about suffer everyday, or being on the streets with no money. A person finds themselves losing all hope of things ever turning okay again. With Alonso feeling so blue, Antonio sees the perfect opportunity to strike again. "Next advantage will we take throughly"( ). Antonio knows that it will be easier to try and kill the king again, especially …show more content…
"You're made of air, if you feel sorry for them, imagine the pity I'll have"(2). If something that cannot have feelings finds themselves feeling sorry for the 'victims' of Prospero's commands and magic, then that human must feel even worse for causing so much torment to his own kind. While plotting for revenge, a person loses themselves and acts irrationally. The protagonist says "better to act virtuously rather than vengefully"(2). Having morals makes humans who they are. Prospero took full responsibility of his actions, he didn't hear, anyone from the boat either. Revenge will never bring back a loved one, it will never give someone back the life they had once had before chaos came crashing down the door. Revenge is a powerful thing, it is really hard to turn back onto the good path again. It is better to act virtuously than vengefully, nothing good will ever come out of revenge, it will just leave a person with another hole that can't be filled. A person often realises that enough is enough. "Break my spells and bring them back to their senses(2). Prospero realises that everyone has been tormented enough and that it was time to reveal himself. It's like being in love with an abusive person, love totally blinds people. By being set free in everything that caused them harm, that makes a person open their eyes up and see the reality; which is, life is not all cupcakes and