he coming of a storm and a tempest illustrates Prospero's power. Lear, without conscious knowledge attempts to deprive his daughters of their dignity and their integrity. Prospero guides Miranda towards independence and also frees Ariel. The death of Cordelia makes it impossible for!
             Lear to redeem the sorrows he has felt and move on. Miranda's life protects Prospero from bitterness and despair thereby enabling him to achieve a wholeness of character. King Lear is a tragic play because its protagonist dies possessed by his dark perception of life. The Tempest is comedic because its protagonist was able to move beyond his limited perspective.
             In his essay on The Tempest James P. Driscoll declared it to be " The Shakespearean Mesastance". He defined his concept of "mesastance" as:
             ...a way to explicate the peculiar mixture of skepticism and faith that marks the quintessential Shakespearean perspective. We achieve mesastance when, having taken an initial stance that
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