Shakespeare's Legacy
Shakespeare is a well-known dramatist and poet. People have not been able to dismiss his plays, which have created contemplative moods on the big screens. His poems have also withstood the weight of time. It is a technique for grabbing people's attention by showing the true essence of people, their hearts, and their experiences. His performances have been performed repeatedly, and no one can compare to him. Shakespeare is thought to have written The Tempest as his final piece. As one might anticipate from excellent artwork, it has been translated into a number of languages since its debut. The themes of motivation, forgiving others, and Renaissance humanism are recurrent in the drama.
The Timeless Aspect of Motivation
The timeless aspect of The Tempest is motivation. Love and hate will always precede motivation. The motivation dictates whether actions will be hostile. Motivation is the intention of taking action and it is timeless because life involves actions with intentions. People may have different reasons for doing things, but the question is what motivates them?
Motivation for Revenge
In The Tempest, Prospero was snatched his dukedom by a King of Naples who also happens to be his brother. He is later forced to exile. He gets the feeling of being duped and abandoned. Driven by the urge to revenge on the action, he purposes to cause chaos in the system. He derives motivation to take these actions from the hatred he has for the brother. In the time when he was to unleash his plan, he causes hostility. His hate for Alonso and Antonio makes him bring confusion among noblemen. He wants to create scenes of suffering while in exile to gain the support of the noblemen. The element of motivation comes out clearly, that people will go to all extents to achieve their goals. You might even help them without understanding their motivation.
The Power of Forgiveness
After a period of controlling the noblemen, Prospero is convinced to release them and forgive. He is told to look at them and empathize. He releases them, and they forgive each other. Prospero seeks forgiveness for lying the noblemen, but they men do not completely forgive each other. They show forgiveness, but their hearts are filled with hate. In fact, the opportunity to revenge was not availed. The men are motivated to hit back at him, so they lay down and wait for the perfect opportunity. Motivation comes out as the factor that pushes someone to do an action. Initially, the noblemen were motivated to join Prospero because they were by his story. They empathized with his suffering while he was in exile. In the play, Prospero appears to the noblemen after Ariel accused them of plotting against Prospero. While they are eating, Prospero together with Miranda and Ferdinand appear, and he manages to win the trust of the noblemen. They become enslaved to him until the time when he allowed them to be free.
The Tempest of Revenge
Towards the end of the play, we are reminded that Prospero still harbors hatred for his brother. He is seeking for a better way to make revenge so that the scores are settled. It shows us the weakness that humans have in executing their duties. People might pretend or assume that things have been settled only to realize later than the problem is not solved. In the play, Prospero is a dynamic individual that exhibits the essential elements depicted in The Tempest.
