Reality Of Good Vs. Evil In Shakespeare’s The Temp

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Reality of Good vs. Evil in Shakespeare’s The Tempest William Shakespeare is known for including numerous types of themes and implausible ideas within his trendy and well liked poetry and plays. Often, Shakespeare composes his works in a fashion which presents easy to understand words and phrases, as in his most popular tragedy, Hamlet. In addition, many of Shakespeare’s plays and poems are descriptive of love and affection. However, not all of Shakespeare's works are romantic comedies or heartfelt sonnets. In fact, some of his works of literature prove to contain evil undertones which accompany his main ideas. For example, while including power and control as a theme in The Tempest many characters are forced into a virtual power struggle for their independence and control of the island. As a result, good vs. evil is born into The Tempest forcing one another to abuse their power, in hopes of prospering and ruling out in the end. Even though Shakespeare opens The Tempest with thunder and lightning, evil was present before the play ever began. This can be recognized in Prospero’s words to his fifteen year old daughter, Miranda, when he tells her of the story in which his brother, Antonio, pushed him out of power by evil deeds, tricking him of his title, the King of Milan. Trusting Antonio to run his state, Prospero was deeply hurt when he learned of this betrayal. Prospero goes on to explain that it was the combination of good and evil which brought him and Miranda safely to the island in which they have resided on for the last twelve years. Ironically, the same books used by Prospero before his treachery betrayal by his brother Antonio, as “good” books, are the same “bad” books that caused the horrific events to occur in Prospero and Miranda’s life. Prospero was so caught up in studying his occult books, they ultimately ruled and dictated his life, causing
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