Moons of Uranus

The Noble Savage (Unthreading the Veil) Throughout life, we often discover individuals whose true identity is masked. This may be by their attitude, appearance, or our own perceptions. This veil conceals the bigger picture. Without deeply knowing an individual, it’s difficult to perceive who they are and their influence on the world around them. In The Tempest, Caliban’s savage demeanor and grotesque appearance sewed the cloak in which he hid behind. Through Caliban’s soliloquy however, the…

In “The Tempest” Prospero learns to forgive all those who had done wrong to him, even though his plan had been to make them suffer. Forgiveness is more important than justice; in order to let go everyone needs to learn to forgive. The the process of letting go means they are no longer getting weighed down by the anger towards that person. The act of vengeance is seen in the first scene when Prospero is sinking the ship in which everyone who betrayed him was sailing. The island is the perfect…

Is it just to enslave the evil for the benefit of the good? This question seems to come up to one's mind at some point of their lifetime. William Shakespeare has produced many quality plays, one of his best works is a play called The Tempest written during 1610-161. The Tempest is assumed to be the last play that Shakespeare would write alone. Ariel and Caliban are both more than slaves to Prospero's wishes, and through the interactions between Prospero and Ariel and Prospero and Caliban, the…

Chained in Slavery: Slavery has by far been the most demeaning act humans have exercised upon themselves. The influence that slavery had created weak-natured characters like Caliban. In the novel The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, slavery is a subject that is expressed through the character Caliban. He encounters characters like Prospero and Stephano who impose authority over him. His reaction to being a subject of slavery differs depending on what other characters offer him. This explains…

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…

Introduction: On Music and Sound in The Tempest: We all know that music and sound are important to many forms of theater. It can help to build the environment in which the story we are experiencing can play out, enforce a theme, or make the audience feel an emotion before they know why. Film as well as opera are a few examples, but it is not nearly as widely seen, or rather heard, in plays. The Tempest does a great job of incorporating sounds and music to construct the eerie, magical feeling of…

Miranda in The Tempest is comparable to Jennifer Lawrence in that they are both beautiful, outgoing, and empathetic, among other traits. Miranda is one of the protagonists in the play. She is the daughter of Prospero, who originally held the title of the Duke of Milan until he and Miranda were escorted out in the night. They, along with servants Caliban and Ariel, have been stranded on an island for twelve years at the start of the play. Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress born in…

In the play The Tempest, the wronged Prospero desires power over certain characters to be fully dominant over them, these characters include Caliban Prospero’s slave betrays Prospero and plots to overtake him. Ferdinand Alonso’s son as he falls in love with Miranda Prospero’s daughter works for Prospero in order to prove his love for Miranda. Alonso the King of Naples gets shipwrecked to the island by Prospero and realizes what he does to Prospero in the past. Prospero desires power over these…

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a play from the beginning of the seventeenth century. It is believed to be one of Shakespeare’s last works. If considered from a postcolonial lens it can be interpreted that in this work Shakespeare offers an examination of colonization, particularly the moral aspects of it. In The Tempest the idea of colonization is communicated primarily through the relationship between the colonizers and the colonized in the play, specifically the relationship between…

What is a utopia? This has been questioned for thousands of years by philosophers all over the world. Which poses the thought: Is there is any such thing as a perfect world? Also, what does that world entail for its citizens? In class we have debated this issue and read various works describing different points of views on utopias. The Tempest is a character defined play written by William Shakespeare. This was his last play and it portrayed a utopian society. The play has controversial social…