Human Traits in the "The Tempest"

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In "The Tempest", Shakespeare not only tells an intricate tale of greed, revenge and love, but he also conveys a message about the consequences of immersing oneself in these emotions. The paper shows that the play is therefore not merely an adventure story about a group of people stranded on a desert island, as it may initially seem. It is, in all actuality, a model for the complexities of human behavior.

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"Prospero's denial of his own responsibility in the situation at the beginning of the play transforms into an epiphany at the end of the play in which he realizes that only through admitting his wrongs and releasing control over other people's actions, can he truly be free. Therefore, the character's self-serving nature cannot be viewed as contradictory to the notion that Prospero represents selflessness, but rather of reinforcement of his emotional and spiritual growth that allowed him to finally be the benevolent man he had always deemed himself to be."

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