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This 5 page paper evaluates a portion of the work that involves Stephano. How Stephano sees himself, how the audience views him and how other characters--particularly Caliban--view him is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.
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in many ways but it is generally agreed that the play has philosophical undertones and, like all Shakespearean works, has pronounced psychological aspects as well. The Tempest is about magic
as well as good versus evil but it is also about alcoholism. In fact, some of the minor characters make a big impact in that domain. Although Stephano and
Caliban are both seen as somewhat evil, it is Stephano who is the alcoholic and foists the liquor upon Caliban. This makes things worse. Evil and alcohol become inextricable. Not
unlike contemporary times when alcoholism becomes a family disease, on the rather deserted island that Prospero and Miranda find themselves shipwrecked on, Stephano finds comfort in drink. In
Act II Scene 2 in Shakespeares The Tempest , Stephano sings:" shall no more to sea, to sea, Here shall I die ashore--This is a very scurvy tune to sing
at a mans funeral: well, heres my comfort (Drinks). (Sings.) The master, the swabber, the boatswain and I, The gunner and his mate Lovd Moll, Meg and Marian and Margery,
But none of us card for Kate; For she had a tongue with a tang, Would cry to a sailor, Go hang! She loved not the savour of tar nor
of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her whereer she did itch: Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang! This is a scurvy tune too: but heres my
comfort (Drinks)" (Shakespeare 428-429). The fact that he is singing these things is telling. While his singing is characteristic of the gibberish that alcoholics will sing when they are inebriated,
this is of course a Shakespearean work and so his words do have meaning in respect to the play overall. Stephano begins by suggesting that the sea is no more
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