tempest

in act one prospero senses something due to his magical powers. he feels that his brother, Antonio, is on a nearbye ship near the island he has been cast away on. because Prospero was cast away to this island he has read many books which is why he has magical powers and can conjure a tempest to run his brother against the rocks in order to confront him.

he uses this divine power which means he can control whatever he wants. as we have been talking about for the past few weeks in class is controlling of the past. a great example of prosperos control is how he keeps miranda niave of the world around her. by taking her to the island at such a young age she never really got the chance to understand people besides those who are on the island. he only tells miranda what she needs to know and nothing more. just like in 1984 the past is changed in order to keep order. Just like when Prospero tells miranda where she has com from and how they got to the island

also prospero makes Ariel his slave and servant to his every whim. although he had saved this ambiguous form from a tree in which this form was imprisoned. this shows that even though prospero does something kind for ariel he in turn is still trapped in prosperos tree of control over what he does. caliban, another one of prospero's slaves, is taught by miranda and prospero how to speak when they arrive at the island. prospero then tricks caliban using his words to confuse him and caliban gives the island to Prospero! this use of language manipulation is best seen in the second scene of act one. prospero wants caliban to fetch mroe firewood but, caliban curses at him and refuses. caliban then states, "you taught me language, and my profit on't...the red pague rid you!" this shows that caliban is trying to use hwat was taught to him by his master against the master. prospero using his words and magical force then threatens caliban and caliban fethces wood. just like in 1984 speech and words are used against the people in order to control them