The Tempest the Play by William Shakespeare Essay -- Tempest William S

The storm the Play by William ShakespeareRulers in general formula many problems, as is the nature of having forefinger and authority. However rulers like Prospero attend even more arduousies, as Prospero has the ultimate power of magic and seatcontrol and manipulate people and their actions, more so than a earthy ruler.The first difficulty presented is an issue, which is dealt with throughout the play the stem of how much or how little to intervene?From the beginning of the play we are told of how and why Prospero isusurped from his dukedom, I thus neglecting worldly ends, alldedicated/ To closeness, and the go againsting of my mind/ With thatwhich, precisely by being so retired, Oer-prized all popular rate, in my phoney brother. Namely because he did not get involved in cart track thecountry and possibly felt that his job was not to intervene but to bea figure-head for the country and leave the country to run itself, alaissez faire attitude to ruling. This short speech by Prosperoraises the idea that perhaps we should reckon that being a rulerinvolves both rights and responsibilities Prospero wanted the formerbut not the latter.The idea of intervention and responsibility is presented in Act 2, picture 1, where Prospero intervenes telling Ariel to wake Gonzalobefore Antonio and Sebastian draw their swords and kill him. Thisissue, is particularly difficult for a ruler such(prenominal) as Prospero as hehas the power to manipulate the situation to suit him self, raisingmoral as swell as personal dilemmas?This raises yet another problem faced by rulers, specifically Gonzaloof how much trust you can give your subjects or more appropriatelythose who are next in line to the throne? This idea of trust was... ...have alcohol. Caliban gives his only power, knowledge ofthe island, as a pledge to his late masters. His hope is that byexchanging masters, he will be able to better his life. This continuesthe idea of trust and the problems faced by those rulers such asProspero who have slaves who have an inherit need to be incarceratedby a ruler, but unfortunately by any ruler at all and are thereforenot faithful.In conclusion, Act 2 reveals the difficulties faced by rulers such asProspero, through cleverly interwoven narrative threads which aredeveloped piecemeal throughout the play. This is especially true ofthe themes of trust and the fixed natures of characters, which both order a problem for those in power. Prospero of course has the addeddilemma of possessing supernatural powers which brings with it spare problems when placed in the role a ruler.