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A 3 page essay that analyzes Shakespeare's use of appearance and politics in The Tempest. In this play, Shakespeare created a world in which no one was as they appeared to be, particularly Prospero. But also in nearly every scene, there are political issues at work. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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an elderly castaway, but in actuality the real Duke of Milan, who had his position usurped by his brother Antonio. Furthermore, Prospero has magical power and succeeds in manipulating the
circumstances of all the other characters. This mirage of appearances is set within a framework that is highly political in nature. According to Paul Cefalu, the action in The
Tempest focuses on obsessively "re-imagining and reinforcing master-servant relations" in a manner that does not tolerate "any unsubordinated relationship" (Cefalu 85). For example, when Ferdinand believes his father to
be dead, he is released from his subordination to his father, but is almost immediately placed upon the mastery of Prospero (Cefalu 85). Prospero also holds both Caliban and Ariel
in servitude. Cefalu argues that all relationships within the play are "founded on a tightly supervised economy of lordship and domination" (Cefalu 85). Prospero goal is obviously to rectify
the injustice done to him by his brother. But, it is also true that virtually all the characters feel the lure of establishing themselves as masters of this island domain.
Caliban remembers when he was alone on the island, prior to becoming Prosperos slave, saying that he was once his own king (I.2.344-345). When Gonzalo endeavors to make Alonso feel
better, he goes off on a tangent in which he imagines himself as the ruler of a utopian society on the island (II.1.148-156). When Caliban suggests to Stefano that
he would be wise to kill Prospero, Stefano immediately envisions himself as an island ruler, saying "Monster, I will kill this man. His daughter and I will be King and
Queen--save our graces!--and Trinculo and thyself shall be my viceroys" (III.2.101-103). Cefalu speculates that the appeal of being ones own master reflects the periods fascination with the colonization of the
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