Shakespeares Tempest :: essays research papers

I love the way Prospero speaks Although I abominate his character, his way of speaking is eloquently bitingwhether he is speaking lovingly to his daughter or abusively to Caliban, he gets his point across beautifully. I tried with all my might to decide whether I like Prospero barely to no avail. I had a bad taste in my sing from the get-go because I remembered a comment about the ambiguity of the Caliban smearhow maybe he did try to rape Miranda, but maybe he didnt, so maybe Prospero was noble by enslaving Caliban but maybe he was tyrannical. Prospero definitely reminded me of The Duke (Measure for Measure). Both played God-like roles, deceiving for a good cause soon enough deceiving nonetheless.I also love how Ferdinand sees Miranda, walks up to her, and says, Hey baby, you single? A gross(a)? Attached? Wanna be a queen? and thats all he has to do. Besides Prosperos fake-objections and all the wood-hauling, Miranda is as good as won. They prepare some really great lines bet ween themits one of my best-loved love-dialogues. It probably helped that he thought he was gonna die and she had only seen cardinal other men in her entire life. But loves love. My favorite part was how he, a prince, stooped to a patient log-man level to prove his love for her, and how she offered to help while he rested When Ferdinand for the first time sees Miranda and promptly begins wooing, Prospero accuses him of attempted usurpation. I thought this was ironic and then cognize that usurpation may be a theme that runs through the subscriber line of the play. Which it is. I think. Because Antonio usurped Prospero (right?), Prospero usurped Caliban, Sebastian is thinking about usurping Alonso, and Caliban is lookin to usurp Prospero. Maybe usurp isnt the right word for all of these casesmaybe kill would suffice. Im not sure of the exact definition of usurp, but Im pretty sure a transfer of power via overthrow or murder plays a part.Onward to conventions I saw lots of sour/l ight imagery, storms (of course), magic (also of coursethere was a magic cloak, later on all), nature vs.