*Introduction
*Prospero - A Duke
*Prospero's plan
*The ship wreck
*Ariel, the spirit's help
*Antonio's repentance
* Prospero - A forgiver
*Conclusion
The play The Tempest' was written by William Shakespeare. He was an English poet, playwright and actor. In his play 'The Tempest', he interestingly pictured how the protagonist regain his dukedom with the help of his supernatural power. Let us see it in detail.
Prospero - A Duke
Prospero is the protagonist and the main character in this play. Prospero was the famous Duke of Milan, Miranda was his daughter. People of Milan loved him very much. He was fond of reading magic books.
Prospero's plan
Prospero was exiled by his brother. After twelve years, Prospero learnt that his brother Antonio, the King of Naples, his son Ferdinand and the old Lord Gonzalo were travelling by ship. He wanted to make them repent their wrong deeds, except for Gonzalo.
The ship wreck
He raised a violent storm in the sea to wreck his enemies ship. Ariel was ordered to scatter the people on the ship and make them to stay apart in a confused state. Prospero also made Ferdinand and Miranda meet and in turn they started loving each other.Ariel, the spirit's help through his magic power, Ariel made Antanio and the King of Naples feel sorry for what they had done to Prospero. Lastly Prospero ordered Ariel to bring them all to his presence.
Antonio's repentance
Antonio with tears and sad words, of sorrow and true repentance begged his brother's forgiveness. Prospero forgave them all. Thus, Prospero made his enemies repent to restore his Dukedom.
Prospero - A forgiver
Prospero did not want to revenge his enemies, but to make them realise their mistakes. He forgave all of them.
CONCLUSION
Thus, Prospero was portrayed as a noble man by Shakespeare. It is clear that Prospero is just and fair, in addition to be intelligent.
"We Win by Tenderness, We Conquer by Forgiveness"
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