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  • Essay / Resolutions of forgiveness, repentance and...

    Stephen Orgel, in the introduction to The Tempest of Oxford World Classics, says that resolutions of forgiveness, repentance and reconciliation through the harmony of marriage that Prospero is committed to achieving are not completely satisfied. This is true because not all hurts are forgiven and some characters fail to repent of their wrongs. Marriage does not completely fulfill its role of reconciliation, because we must question its origins and its stability. In The Tempest, Prospero orchestrated events in such a way as to resolve the injustices and hurts inflicted on him and his daughter Miranda. As the game progresses, more and more injuries occur. Antonio and Sebastian plot to kill Alonso and Gonzales, so that Sebastian can become Duke of Naples, Prospero intervenes and prevents the assassination. Caliban, Ferdinand, and Stephono plan to assassinate Prospero in order to take control of the island, but Prospero thwarts their attempt. There are other injustices in the play, but Prospero does not seek to resolve them. This is because the idea of ​​justice in the play is highly subjective. Prospero controls the fate of all the other characters. He is the servant of ultimate justice in the play. His idea of ​​justice is therefore unilateral. He therefore fails to see or attempt to resolve his own injustices, that of the mistreatment inflicted on Ariel and Caliban, both ultimately reduced to slavery by Prospero. He also doesn't see the immorality of controlling others using magic. Prospero's main goal for the orchestrations on the island is to regain his dukedom, to forgive those who have done him an injustice, to make these people repent and create reconciliation. among them with the marriage of Miranda and Ferdin...... middle of paper ......the solution created by Prospero saves Alonso from his throne, keeping the rightful ruler of Naples in power. We can conclude that Caliban remained on the island and therefore the island returned to its rightful ruler, Caliban. The end of the play resolves the theme of virtue. Caliban, a "half-devil", is able to repent of his injustices and seek to improve himself, while Antonio, a noble man, incapable of feeling remorse, refuses to repent. This leaves us with the question of “who is the real monster?” » The theme of magic is resolved with Prospero declaiming his art, as he realizes that to be a good duke his attention must be on his responsibilities and not on the study of the art of magic. We are also left to wonder if his use of magic was so bad because it led to the reconciliation, repentance, and forgiveness that occur at the end of the play..