Prospero is one of the most dominant characters in the play. We immediately know this through Miranda in act one scene two where we first meet Prospero. “You have put the wild waters in this roar, allay them”. Miranda tells us he has caused the storm. This tells us he is a powerful character because only someone with godly power can cause a storm. Another factor that shows us Prosper is very powerful is that he is always in control of the play, as if he moulds it. An example of this is when Ferdinand and Miranda first meet and slowly fall in love. In act one scene two Prospero states “It goes on, I see, as my soul prompts it”. This tells us that his plan is working “as my soul prompts it”

We also find out he causes the storm in his thought of vengeance, we know this because Antonio, Prospero’s brother, usurped him. We learn this when he is speaking to Miranda in act one scene two. “My brother and thy uncle, called Antonio-I pray thee mark me, that a brother should be so perfidious – he whom next thyself of all the world i loved,and to him put to manage of my state”. Prospero here tells us that his treacherous brother Antonio usurped him, but if Prospero wanted revenge why didn’t he just kill them? He wants them to be mentally affected not physically. We learn this when he is speaking to Ariel. “But are they, Ariel, safe?” Ariel replies. “Not a hair perished”. Meaning not a single wound. This also tells us Prospero may not have the courage to kill his brother or he  may just want his suffering too last.

A very interesting Relationship in the play was between Prospero and Miranda. We definitely know Prospero loves his daughter because he describes her to have a divine smile which gave him strength to survive on the island. ‘Thou didst smile,infused with a fortitude from heaven- which raised in me an undergoing stomach’ Prospero says her smile was powerful enough to drive him to  survive, but we also know he keeps secrets from her because as shown in act 1 scene 2 he put her to sleep as soon as she starts asking questions using a spell. ‘How came we ashore?’ ‘Would I might but ever see that man?’ Then Prospero put her to sleep. ‘Here cease more questions. Thou art inclined to sleep.’ This also shows us not only does he keep secrets form her but he abuses his powers and you will see many more examples of Prospero doing this forward in the play.

‘Tell your piteous Heart there’s no harm done’. When Prospero says this in my eyes he is giving us a head start on Mirandas personality because he could just be referring her ‘piteous heart’ to her feelings towards the people shipwrecked but I think Shakespeare is implying more than that. He is telling us Miranda is a fragile caring character and is easy minipulated, nieave.

Prospero character changed from a relentless being into a regretting wizard. When we are first introduced to Prospero in the first few chapters he is foreseen as an evil wizard as he commits gruesome acts such as causing the storm and he shows no remorse whatsoever. We know he shows no remorse because he says “tell your piteous heart theres no harm done” after Miranda questions if it was her father, Prospero, who caused the storm. This tells us he starts off as an evil character; but Prospero does change as you  wil see in my next paragraph.

“As you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free”(act 5 scene 1) Prospero has changed. This shows us he has changed as he understands what he has done was wrong (“as you from crimes would pardoned be”) and is asking for forgiveness (“let your indulgence set me free”). Another factor showing us Prospero has changed is he stops being constantly evil and vicious. “Set Caliban and his companions free: untie the spell”. If Prospero was in the state we explored in the last paragraph he would not have released Caliban and his companions but as he has changed and is no more the evil wizard he was he has a change in mind causing him to pursue in releasing Caliban and his companions.

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