“A comic protagonist is the main hero in a comic play, which is usually funny and doesn’t oppress others. This qualities of a comic protagonist does not apply to Prospero, Prospero is neither of these characteristics of a comic hero. Prospero’s dominant and tyrannical character is transgressive against the nature of comedy and a comic hero.
Prospero is a puppet master, he controls the happenings on the island directly or indirectly, he either uses his capabilities or uses other characters capabilities to perform tasks that he wants Taking back to the time where we see Prospero had sent Ariel the spirit to wreck the ship “Hast thou, spirit, performed to the point the tempest that I bade thee?’’ This quotation emphasis that Prospero demands …show more content…
In this quotation, we see that Caliban claims ownership over the isle that Prospero took from him, confines him only to a small piece of the land. Caliban claims to have loved Prospero, shown his fertile land and all the riches of the island to Prospero. This criticizes the colonial period of the western nation, in which they forcibly took over the lands and dominated over them, Shakespeare criticizes the colonialism by this quotation of Caliban, emphasizing on the mission of the western colonists which is to take up the responsibility of these ‘savages’’. The word savage is commonly used by Prospero to describe Caliban, which implies that he is primitive, uncivilized, and barbarian. Prospero plays the role of the master who is going to “civilize’’ him. This satirizes humanity that the savages are too quick to accept and love the foreigners in return of the riches the foreigners gave the savages to enable the inhabitants trust them and be willing to accept their rule. The critique of humanity by colonialism also challenges the status quo; this is because the colonizer which is Prospero came to and changed the rules and power over the isle but this change was transgressive but does not pose a threat to the status quo a all comedy does, this is because Prospero returns back to Milan it is well known that at the end of every comedy the status quo is put back into place and everything goes back to where it was, so as it is in this case because Caliban gained control over the isle again after Prospero
Prospero is a puppet master, he controls the happenings on the island directly or indirectly, he either uses his capabilities or uses other characters capabilities to perform tasks that he wants Taking back to the time where we see Prospero had sent Ariel the spirit to wreck the ship “Hast thou, spirit, performed to the point the tempest that I bade thee?’’ This quotation emphasis that Prospero demands …show more content…
In this quotation, we see that Caliban claims ownership over the isle that Prospero took from him, confines him only to a small piece of the land. Caliban claims to have loved Prospero, shown his fertile land and all the riches of the island to Prospero. This criticizes the colonial period of the western nation, in which they forcibly took over the lands and dominated over them, Shakespeare criticizes the colonialism by this quotation of Caliban, emphasizing on the mission of the western colonists which is to take up the responsibility of these ‘savages’’. The word savage is commonly used by Prospero to describe Caliban, which implies that he is primitive, uncivilized, and barbarian. Prospero plays the role of the master who is going to “civilize’’ him. This satirizes humanity that the savages are too quick to accept and love the foreigners in return of the riches the foreigners gave the savages to enable the inhabitants trust them and be willing to accept their rule. The critique of humanity by colonialism also challenges the status quo; this is because the colonizer which is Prospero came to and changed the rules and power over the isle but this change was transgressive but does not pose a threat to the status quo a all comedy does, this is because Prospero returns back to Milan it is well known that at the end of every comedy the status quo is put back into place and everything goes back to where it was, so as it is in this case because Caliban gained control over the isle again after Prospero