On first sight "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare and "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes are two different works, but they do have some important topics in common. "The Tempest" raises a problem of power struggle, and "Leviathan" provides the reason for this problem and the solution. ... Gonzalo wonders what he might do if he was the lord of the island, Antonio persuades Sebastian to kill Alonso in sleep; even Trinculo and Stephano want to murder Prospero in order to take other the island. ... As soon as Caliban meets Stephano he declares him as a God, and he is ready to serve him, because ...

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In The Tempest, Shakespeare makes use of the contradictory worlds of illusion and reality. ... An example of this is the case of Caliban with the drunken servants of Alonso, Stephano and Trinculo. ... While Caliban believes the two men to be gods, Stephano perceive Prospero to be simply a man, who can be overcome by deception. ... Instead of killing them, he returns Stephano and Trinculo to their masters and forgives his own servant Caliban. ... In this scene the characters are initially placed in a trance as they listen to a speech of Prospero, judging them on their actions. ...

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This is the sort of language power Prospero used to manipulate the people and fairies on the island in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. In the play, The Tempest, Prospero is the main character, who was exiled from his city-state of Milan with his daughter because he neglected his job as Duke and focused on black magic. ... Caliban did not just want his freedom, but also to kill Prospero with the help of Stephano and Trinculo, in numerous ways like to "Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, or cut his wesand with thy knife."" ... Whether people use their speech for ...

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