The Tempest Critical Theory

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Ingham - the coming marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda also foreshadows
such harmony as do the repentance and forgiveness demonstrated by the major characters
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Hebron- Prospero is a magus using his power
for the greater good, not for personal gain
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Hebron - If he simply wanted personal vengeance
he could have killed everybody in the storm. But he makes sure no one is harmed
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Adams - Widespread upsetting of social order
and organisation. Though the status quo is in part restored at the play's conclusion, there is something it is clear that will never be the same again
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Knight - music is the medium through which order emerges
from chaos; it is the agent of suffering, learning, growth and freedom
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Peter Hall - A man on an Island who's allowed to play
God and who doesn't just dabble in witchcraft, but actually performs it
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Robert Egan- Caliban is not a devil
thoroughly evil and unredeemable- but a type of humanity
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Bradshaw- All these different relationships
are power relationships- as Prospero's rages confirm
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Egan- Gonzalo never mistakes his vision
for more than a utopian reverie
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Yates- Prospero is poles apart from the witch Sycorax
and her evil son...he clears the world of his Island from the evil magic of the witch; he rewards good characters and punishes the wicked
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Lamming - the magic of birth will sail Miranda
young, beautiful and a virgin into the arms of a King’s only son
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Bradshaw- The play reinforces the idea that all power
corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
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Wilson - the controller, the manipulator
the magician…the schemer
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Williams and Rolfe - His books were of yet
greater importance to his art
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Egan - The epilogue thus serves as a bridge between play and audience
a transitional link between art and reality’
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Hebron- Prospero is a magus using his power

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for the greater good, not for personal gain

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Hebron - If he simply wanted personal vengeance

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Adams - Widespread upsetting of social order

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Knight - music is the medium through which order emerges

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