Shakespeare's Tempest
Life is a dreamlike play set upon a stage. The beauty of this life lies in the hour of peace--that of sweet slumber. William Shakespeare observes, "we are such stuff/ As dreams are made on, and our little life/ Is rounded with a sleep" (4.1.156-158). This implication serves to explain that life is but a dream, to perturb it then will only lead to misery. From the juxtaposition of many characters in The Tempest, nightmares and dreams come to life in everyday morality where moral characters emerge with a more successful life than those who lack virtue. By forcefully claiming a throne that did not rightfully belong to him, Antonio eventually offsets the hatred of Prospero's heart, leading to the awakening of his dream. On the uninhabited island that Prospero luckily comes ashore to after being cast to sea by Antonio, he remains satisfied with the conditions that even though he has no control of Milan, he still reigns over Miranda, Caliban, and Ariel. During these moments when Prospero is able to exert his power over others, he is happy... and at peace, which allows him to reside in the delicate dream of control. However, when Prospero first conceives that his brother is sailing by the island where he now
] open and show riches/ Ready to drop upon me" (3. 61) and ambitions intertwine to make Prospero a bitter man. When Caliban first lived in solitude by means of "fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile" (1. In the end, Prospero affirms Shakespeare's claim (of how sorrow is the consequence of awakening) by finding that his soul is only "[weary]" (3. With Ariel as his assistant, Prospero asserts that he will become even "better/ Than prospero" (1. At that moment, Prospero's peaceful dream alters to the development of a nightmare by seeking revenge--a nightmare enveloping some turbulent awakening of his dream.
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