tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post7844886060140873187..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: Just How Powerful Is Prospero?Duane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-69950622470249883072014-03-12T12:21:00.979-04:002014-03-12T12:21:00.979-04:00Fun question.
I feel for the purposes of the plot...Fun question.<br /><br />I feel for the purposes of the plot, we are to imagine Prospero as basically omnipotent - at least, on the island. The Tempest then becomes the story of god deciding to return to a human level, one he realizes that no man, even with all the power one could wish, thrives in isolation from humanity.<br /><br />The part in Prospero's monologue about raising the dead Alexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051767198534522343noreply@blogger.com