The Attacked Vs the Attacker.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare is a play written near the end of the .
playwright's life. He depicts the life of thirteen people and describes what happens .
through them through a series of anecdotes. The characters Caliban and Prospero have .
active enmity toward each other. Although Caliban has been Prospero slave for a long .
time, they are very different despite the amount of time they have spent together. .
Prospero, while being a strong powerful man, shows his softness during the play. .
Caliban, also while being a nice slave for Prospero shows his evil ways of planning to kill .
Prospero. During the play you also see how Caliban thinks of Prospero. You see him .
through Caliban's perspective as being a tyrant. These characters show their differences .
and why monsters and humans will never get along and reach an agreement.
Prospero seems like a man who is very strong and powerful seeming like an esteemed .
Ruler. Prospero is the type of man who likes to indulge in magic a lot and .
can create many things including a tempest which he crates to punish Antonio for .
usurping his power. We also know that he enjoys the doing magic by the quote "my .
library was dukedom large enough-. This is a very important quote because it shows his .
love for magic and love for it. This shows his flippant for his dukedom. Prosper also .
seems to have a nave personality. Because of this personality he is taken over by .
stronger powers like his brother Antonio. Prospero uses his dark side to get revenge on .
Antonio for usurping his power. Prospero's character is very misleading and very erratic. .
At first he seems very tired and sad for losing is dukedom, second he gets mad and plans .
to make Antonio pay for his misdemeanors. Prospero shows his strength and power in .
two ways during the play. One, he shows his magic powers by creating a storms. Number .
two, he shows his power by taking Caliban as a slave.