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Tempest

In The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Miranda exclaims: “How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world that has such people in ‘t.” Prospero comes back with: “‘Tis new to thee” because he believes that Miranda is inexperienced and disagrees with what she says, as he should. The Tempest is full of evils that Miranda is unaware of, such as betrayal, opportunism, and greed.

Even though the gods frowned upon betrayal of family and deception, these two flaws were seen quite often in The Tempest. The entire conflict of the play revolves around the fact that Antonio usurped the dukedom of his own brother Prospero.
Prospero – To have no screen between this part he played/
And him he played it for, he needs will be /Absolute Milan. Me (poor man) my library/ Was dukedom large enough. Of/ temporal royalties He thinks me now incapable; confederates /so dry he was for sway, wi’ th’ King of Naples /to give him annual tribute, do him homage/ subject his coronet to his crown, ...

Posted by: Jason Cashmere

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