Friday 11 April 2014

Themes of The Tempest


  • Prospero inviting admiration and contempt
  • Conflict between higher and baser instincts
  • inheritance/succession
  • control/power
  • land
  • betrayal
  • magic
  • humanity
  • social hierarchy
  • civilisation
  • justice 
  • revenge and forgiveness
  • colonisation
  • learned behaviours
  • chaos
  • freedom vs confinement
  • illusions vs reality
  • deception
  • love
  • family
  • learning/discovery
  • free will

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