Lost Illusions, Bitter Wisdom and Fragile Hope in The Tempest Essay

Lost Illusions, Bitter Wisdom and Fragile Hope in The Tempest Is Shakespeares play, The Tempest, a drama of bewildered hallucinations, bitter soundness and fragile try for? Before this question can be considered, 1 branch has to interpret these terms. Perhaps bitter wisdom and fragile hope are fairly simple concepts to understand, wooly-minded illusions is somewhat less overhear, specially in the case of The Tempest. There are three main interpretations of lost illusions that could be made. The first is that of a revelation of the mind the discarding of an illusion to reveal the truth of ones feelings. The second is similar but with a subtle difference the lifting of an illusion to disclose the truth about something physical (instead of emotional, as in the first case). The last interpretation could not be applied to every hold of the word illusion, but suits The Tempest extremely well this third synopsis revolves around magic and the supernatural world. There are se veral chiseled examples from the text to illustrate these various points of view. For the first case we have the genius of Prospero who, by the end of the play, has realised that he requires more in his purport than his Art of magic. He comes to acknowledge that he needs a variety of environment, however much he will miss his old deportment on the island. For the second interpretation, we have the circumstances surrounding Antonios usurpation of Prosperos appellation (told only in flashbacks) the true events that occurred then only come to light source at the end of the play, when Prospero reveals the entire story to the assembled characters. The third interpretation, that of magic, is present passim the play, as Prospero exerts his supernatural talents upon the... ...ased to be a problem, whereas Alonso has the future of his son to glance a future that is by no means certain. From all this, it is clear that, in a general sense, Shakespeares play, The Tempest, is a drama of lost illusions, bitter wisdom and fragile hope, as many characters go through and through that cycle (lost illusions, leading to bitter wisdom and ending with fragile hope), or various parts of it. Also, this description can be used in a more precise manner, when dealing solely with individual characters, especially Prospero, Miranda, Alonso and Ferdinand. Works Cited and Consulted Cesaire, Aime. A Tempest. Trans. Richard Miller. New York UBU, 1992. Kermode, Frank. Introduction, in The Tempest(Arden Edition), (London Methuen, 1962), xlvii-xlviii. West, Robert. Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery. Lexington UP of Kentucky, 1968.