Do you sometimes use magic to get what you want? Prospero, the leading character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, used it to make himself powerful and the leader of an island that he was banished to. A utopia is a person's ideal place of life and leisure. Prospero's utopia involves him being king, his daughter Miranda marrying, and he having power over all of his subjects. The only thing is that he uses magic to attain these desires. His possession and use of magical knowledge renders him extremely powerful and not entirely sympathetic. Prospero's use of magic to get what he wants does make him a utopian ruler.
             Part of Prospero's utopian idea was to have complete control over all of his people. He accomplished this when he was ruling the deserted island. He enslaved the only island native named Caliban. Caliban was half human and half monster. Caliban was on the island alone until Prospero came there. The sight of another person excited Caliban and he willingly served Prospero. On the other hand Ariel, who is a spirit, was saved by Prospero's magic and then enslaved by it. Prospero uses these characters to do everything that he will not. Caliban is used for grunt work. His knowledge of the island is useful to prospero as well because he can attain fresh food and water. If Caliban were to swear or complain about the work that Prospero has him doing a will get pinch from a spirit that Prospero has cast upon him. Ariel is also controlled by Prospero's magic. When Prospero rescued Ariel form his imprisonment he also enslaved him. Prospero feels that his enslaving is acceptable because he save Ariel from 12 years of punishment. "A dozen years; within which space she died/ And left thee there, where thou didst vent thy/ groans" (I.ii.278-80). Ariel is sent to complete tasks that a human could not do. For example, when Prospero wanted to scare his shipwrecked enemies he had Ari
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