Prospero as a Self-Centred Magician Who Demonstrates Some...

Prospero as a Self-Centred Magician Who Demonstrates Some of the Worst Qualities The Tempest was one of Shakespeares last plays and unlike the earlier ones didnt really fit into any certain genre, instead it had elements of all the themes within it: Also a lot of his plays had sad endings, take Romeo and Juliet a very romantic play that had a tragic ending but this changed when he was writing his last plays and so they had happier endings which contained an element of forgiveness and new beginnings. Let your indulgence set me free. It is set in the Mediterranean and has connections with Italy like many of Shakespeares plays such as The Merchant Of Venice and Romeo and†¦show more content†¦make not too rash a trial of him. He didnt deny Miranda an education at a time when it wasnt considered necessary to educate women; in fact it would be considered strange to educate women, yet still he gave her this advantage in life. I, thy schoolmaster, made more profit than other princes can. This also indicates that Prospero isnt at heart an evil man and that he only wants the best for his daughter, the same as any loving father would. Due to him possessing qualities such as these one can only assume that Prospero isnt as bad or heartless as the statement makes out. Caliban, son of Sycorax and later slave of Prospero, accuses Prospero of taking the island that rightfully belonged to him and making him a slave. All this happens after Caliban misguidedly shows Prospero where all the rivers, fertile land and other such essentials were. He did this because Prospero was at first very kind to him: Thou strokst me and made much of me. However this treatment changed when Prospero got what he wanted: This island mine by Sycorax my mother, which thou takst from me. Once again we see the cunning side of Prospero emerging; we see how ruthless and selfish he can be when trying to acquire something. The relationship between