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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7949993" data-attributes="member: 6683613"><p>Um... am I missing something, or does this Prospero have no way to cast <em>control weather</em>? I don't think there's any other reasonable way to interpret the eponymous Tempest.</p><p></p><p></p><p>By my reading he doesn't undergo that much character development over the course of the play: by the end it becomes clear that everything in the play unfolds as he planned/foresaw(?) it, including his renunciation of magic.</p><p>[spoiler]PROSPERO</p><p>How's the day?</p><p></p><p>ARIEL</p><p>On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord,</p><p>You said our work should cease.</p><p></p><p>PROSPERO</p><p>I did say so,</p><p>When I first raised the tempest.[/spoiler]</p><p>His development, rather, occurs in the backstory: he is a very different man during the events of the play than he was as Duke.</p><p></p><p>And, while "sympathetic" and "likable" are subjective calls, I also think he's consistently a <em>kind</em> character. His very first lines are reassurance <em>"There's no harm done"</em> by the tempest:</p><p>[spoiler]</p><p>Lie there, my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.</p><p>The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd</p><p>The very virtue of compassion in thee,</p><p>I have with such provision in mine art</p><p>So safely ordered that there is no soul--</p><p>No, not so much perdition as an hair</p><p>Betid to any creature in the vessel</p><p>Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. [/spoiler]</p><p>Which is entirely truthful. Even though he has good reason to hate some of the people in his power, he doesn't hurt any of them. Through indirect and deceptive means he accomplishes his goals and everyone ends up a better person for it. So I'd call him a variant on the trickster hero archetype and a good candidate for neutral good or chaotic good alignment.</p><p></p><p>The one exception to his kindness, of course, is Caliban. There's a hell of a lot that can be, and has been, written about the allegory in a European washing up on an island and promptly enslaving and dehumanizing the previous inhabitant. Taking the play at face value, though, the fact that Caliban is an <em>unapologetic attempted rapist</em> is probably sufficient to explain Prospero's attitude towards him.</p><p></p><p></p><p>He freed Ariel from the tree. Sycorax was the one who put Ariel in it. Although he would still need to be able to cast <em>imprisonment</em> to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 7949993, member: 6683613"] Um... am I missing something, or does this Prospero have no way to cast [I]control weather[/I]? I don't think there's any other reasonable way to interpret the eponymous Tempest. By my reading he doesn't undergo that much character development over the course of the play: by the end it becomes clear that everything in the play unfolds as he planned/foresaw(?) it, including his renunciation of magic. [spoiler]PROSPERO How's the day? ARIEL On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. PROSPERO I did say so, When I first raised the tempest.[/spoiler] His development, rather, occurs in the backstory: he is a very different man during the events of the play than he was as Duke. And, while "sympathetic" and "likable" are subjective calls, I also think he's consistently a [I]kind[/I] character. His very first lines are reassurance [I]"There's no harm done"[/I] by the tempest: [spoiler] Lie there, my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort. The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd The very virtue of compassion in thee, I have with such provision in mine art So safely ordered that there is no soul-- No, not so much perdition as an hair Betid to any creature in the vessel Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. [/spoiler] Which is entirely truthful. Even though he has good reason to hate some of the people in his power, he doesn't hurt any of them. Through indirect and deceptive means he accomplishes his goals and everyone ends up a better person for it. So I'd call him a variant on the trickster hero archetype and a good candidate for neutral good or chaotic good alignment. The one exception to his kindness, of course, is Caliban. There's a hell of a lot that can be, and has been, written about the allegory in a European washing up on an island and promptly enslaving and dehumanizing the previous inhabitant. Taking the play at face value, though, the fact that Caliban is an [I]unapologetic attempted rapist[/I] is probably sufficient to explain Prospero's attitude towards him. He freed Ariel from the tree. Sycorax was the one who put Ariel in it. Although he would still need to be able to cast [I]imprisonment[/I] to do that. [/QUOTE]
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