Take Ariel for example. Prospero has, according to the text "I Prithee, Remember i have done thee worthy service, told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served without or grudge or grumblings. Thou didst promise," promised him his freedom. Since Ariel is very useful to Prospero, he doesn't want him to go, so he retells the story of how he saved him , blah blah blah, used some highly convincing worths and BAM! Ariel was convinced to stay, as long as he set him free in a few days.Just by the way he spoke to Ariel, Prospero is able to contol and morph Ariel's thought to bend to Prosperso's will.
This method proves to work on Miranda, he innocent and naive daughter, as well. But in this case it is slightly different, for Miranda came to the island when she was very young, and has no remembrance of what happens before they came to the island. Prospero is able to make up any story that suits his needs and Miranda will believe him, for she has nothing else to believe in. HE also has magical control of his daughter too, "Thou art inclined to sleep. 'Tis a good dullness, and give it way. I know thou canst choose. Miranda Sleeps" It is almost creepy or disturbing the amount of power Prospero has over his daughter. He can not only control her mentally and emotionally, but physically as well.. Weird....
& that's what I'm throwin'
What you threw has been caught! ;)haha
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. I agree with the two examples of Prospero's manipulation that you included. Prospero does have a scary amount of control over his daughter, along with other characters. I think the only thing that would make this post better would be to include the other example of Prospero's manipulation, and that's with Caliban. He violently threatens Caliban, and I think that is pretty important to throw in there! If your catchin' what I'm throwin' of course...