How Does the Relationship Between Prospero and Ariel Change During the Tempest
How Does the Relationship between Prospero and Ariel Change During The Tempest
The tempest is the last play Shakespeare wrote. The play is simply about a man who was taken away from his dukedom, and was cast on an island. Of course this man is Prospero who has magical powers. Prospero eventually gives up his powers and I believe this is a representation of Shakespeare of his writing and the end of his work. All though the tempest is an unusually short play by Elizabethan standards, yet it continually gives the impression of being much bigger than it actually is. Like an iceberg, it conceals most of its bulk beneath the surface. So as you can imagine the impact of this play and the deep meaning of it. The main subject of this essay I will be writing will be about how Prospero’s relationship and Ariel’s changes during the play. In this essay I will show how the relationship does in fact change between Prospero and Ariel during the play, and how it grows to a love of sort. I will talk about how Prospero is commanding and violent at the start of the play and then slowly how he gains trust with the spirit, slowly becoming softer, his want for him to be free and finally how he does indeed love Ariel.
Prospero commands Ariel like a slave. The first time he addresses Ariel he says “Come away, servant, come! I am ready now. Approach my Ariel” As we can see Prospero calls the sprite his servant; this shows how he does not consider him as an equal. Some people could consider that when he says my Ariel that it is of endearment and caring like one would say to a child. But I believe Prospero is saying in the way that he owns Ariel rather then being a fatherly figure. I believe this because he calls him his servant and that is already setting the relationship as a master – servant one. Prospero treats him like a dog, in that sentence he is saying you are mine and you must do what I say, now come to me. We also know that he made Ariel create the tempest for he says “Hast thou,
The tempest is the last play Shakespeare wrote. The play is simply about a man who was taken away from his dukedom, and was cast on an island. Of course this man is Prospero who has magical powers. Prospero eventually gives up his powers and I believe this is a representation of Shakespeare of his writing and the end of his work. All though the tempest is an unusually short play by Elizabethan standards, yet it continually gives the impression of being much bigger than it actually is. Like an iceberg, it conceals most of its bulk beneath the surface. So as you can imagine the impact of this play and the deep meaning of it. The main subject of this essay I will be writing will be about how Prospero’s relationship and Ariel’s changes during the play. In this essay I will show how the relationship does in fact change between Prospero and Ariel during the play, and how it grows to a love of sort. I will talk about how Prospero is commanding and violent at the start of the play and then slowly how he gains trust with the spirit, slowly becoming softer, his want for him to be free and finally how he does indeed love Ariel.
Prospero commands Ariel like a slave. The first time he addresses Ariel he says “Come away, servant, come! I am ready now. Approach my Ariel” As we can see Prospero calls the sprite his servant; this shows how he does not consider him as an equal. Some people could consider that when he says my Ariel that it is of endearment and caring like one would say to a child. But I believe Prospero is saying in the way that he owns Ariel rather then being a fatherly figure. I believe this because he calls him his servant and that is already setting the relationship as a master – servant one. Prospero treats him like a dog, in that sentence he is saying you are mine and you must do what I say, now come to me. We also know that he made Ariel create the tempest for he says “Hast thou,