prospero Flashcards
dryden 1672
Shakespeare ‘wears almost everywhere two faces’ [Shakespeare as Prospero]
Colderidge 1830’s
Prospero is ‘the very Shakespeare himself, as it were, of The Tempest’
romantics
‘Prospero reflects Shakespeare’
forbidden planet production 1956
prospero destroys himself as a result of his hubris, showing his excess of power
berger 1969
‘Prospero’s own discovery of an ethic of forgiveness’
knight 1947
‘Prospero, who controls the comprehensive Shakespeare world, automatically reflects Shakespeare himself’
todd 1980’s
‘Prospero takes pleasure in Ariel’s successes’
roper 2013
‘Prospero is portrayed as a benevolent father figure, protective of his only child’
dickson 2022
‘Prospero and his magic have come to seem exploitative, as well as violent’
Wilson
Prospero as ‘the controller’ and ‘the manipulator’
Jaimeson
‘Ariel and Caliban represent two sides of Prospero’s personality’
Corfield
Relinquishing his magic is morally required, not desired, by Prospero
Harris
As damnable as the blackest witchcraft, and his only hope of salvation lies in their renunciation and a return to a life of prayers and faith in the forgiveness and mercy of God
Kozinsky
‘selfish and vengeful tyrant’
riga
‘beneficial and kindly figure’
