101 Short Essays on Shakespeare by Paul Kent
Author:Paul Kent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creative Content Ltd
What the play’s about
The Tempest is set entirely on an unnamed island – Prospero’s island, we may call it, since Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, has been exiled here for a period of twelve years with only his daughter Miranda for company. Using his ‘potent art’, he has subjugated the local spirit, Ariel, and the issue of the island’s former ruler, Caliban. As such, it is a self-contained world shaped to the personality of its maker. And although it may be enchanted, like the magical woods in A Midsummer Night’s Dream or the Forest of Arden in As You Like It, it is an island of many moods, some of them inclining towards the dark side, for Prospero is not entirely a benevolent dictator. Hear how he threatens Caliban:
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