"The Tempest": Love and Forgiveness

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This paper summarizes and analyzes "The Tempest" and looks at whether the analogy commonly used by critics, that the leading character in "The Tempest" can be compared to Shakespeare himself, deserves merit.

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""The Tempest" fills out the Shakespeare folio as the last production "the bard" creates with his own witty craft. Numerous critics through the years liken the leading character Prospero to that of Shakespeare by making poignant, yet simple comparisons (1659). Shakespeare retires from playwriting and the theatre in real life, while the character Prospero relinquishes magic and an island. However, this general analogy only succeeds in being a basic argument such as all writing derives from the life of a writer. Innumerable and significant differences exist between the fictional and the factual that demand deeper analysis. With many complexities and nimble nuances the textual evidence implicates Prosperos enchantments as being moral tools to accomplish virtuous deeds. Prospero renounces magic when he achieves a guarantee of overall good and simple virtuous actions themselves beget mystical moments."

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