Write A Close Character Analysis Of Prospero As He Is Presented In Act One. Refer To The Language He Uses And The Effect He Has On Ariel, Caliban And Miranda.

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In the Tempest we are not introduced to Prospero straight away, he appears in scene two and there he is currently talking to his fifteen year old daughter Miranda. The conversation is directed by Miranda who is trying to convince her father to calm the tempest. The first characteristics of Prospero are shown here and it shows him being a good listener and very kind and understanding. He knows Miranda is worried and assures her everything is fine by saying, “There’s no harm done.” This is a good first impression of Prospero and for now the reader likes his character. The scene moves and Prospero decides to tell Miranda her life story, he questions her about what she can remember. He then tells her that he was once the Duke of Milan, “Thy father was the Duke of Milan – A prince of power.” Here, it seems to me that he is showing off a bit and is maybe thinking back on it and wanting to remember what a good feeling it was. We now feel really sorry for Prospero because he tells the story of being over thrown by his own brother and the King of Naples. “O’er – prized all popular rates, in my false brother.” This is a very strong line which emphasises the angry state of mind he is in when talking about it. We get the impression that Prospero is still very bitter and angry about the situation. He goes on in depth to explain how the King and his brother captured Prospero and Miranda; it is a very dramatic part as you can imagine Prospero speaking very quickly as if the words tumble out with anger. “To cry to th’sea, that roared to us; to sigh to th’ winds, whose pity sighing back again did us but loving wrong.” There are a lot of commas when Prospero is speaking here as if he is listing things that happened. After telling Miranda the story, we see a very sensitive side of Prospero which is that he says, “Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didnts smile.” He is

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