Prospero's Speech

Paper Summary:

The paper analyzes the speech of Prospero in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" where he gives up the magical powers that have provided him with the abilities and the strength to rectify the various imbalances and ills in the society. The paper highlights how this speech reveals that there needs to be a balance in life and in nature and that any focus on one extreme creates negative and unhealthy situations that have to be rectified.

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"This speech by Prospero comes towards the end of the play and at a time when forgiveness and the resolution to the evil that was perpetrated by the King is the central thematic focus of the play. Ariel requests Prospero to stop working and tells him that the King is imprisoned. Prospero instructs Ariel to release the king as well as Alonso, Antonio, and Sebastian and Gonzalo. He then delivers his speech in which he gives up the magical powers that have provided him with the abilities and the strength to rectify the various imbalances and ills in the society."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Shakespeare, W. The Tempest. Pretoria: De Jager- HAUM. 1988.

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