Prospero was wholly devoted to his study of liberal arts. He was carried away by his studies and was deeply absorbed in them. He had lost contact with affairs of the state. This gave a golden opportunity to Antonio to make a plot against him and to deprive him of his dukedom.
Antonio achieved perfection in the art of granting and rejecting petitions. He also learnt the usefulness of promoting certain persons while keeping the others under check. So, he was able to gain support of the officials appointed by Prospero or he replaced them by others. He had in his hands the authority to distribute offices…
After winning the trust of the subjects and the officials, Antonio could now keep Prospero out of the sight of people in the same way as ivy hides the trunk of a tree by climbing all around it and at the same time drawing nourishment from it. Antonio also pushed him entirely into the background…
Antonio entered into agreement with Alonso, the King of Naples. According to the terms of the agreement, Antonio was to pay King of Naples an annual tribute of money and accept him over lordship in return of the help being extended by the King to overthrow his brother.
Prospero had been reposing unlimited confidence and trust in Antonio and this produced in him a treachery which was as great as Prospero’s trust. Antonio became a lord, enriched by the wealth which his legitimate sources of income brought to him and also by money collected by force or adopting illegitimate ways through exercise of…
Miranda complains to her father for not telling her the truth of her past identity. According to her, in the past, he has often started telling her who she is, but has always stopped saying that she should wait to know more because the time had not yet come. In this way, her questions have…
Before telling Miranda the true facts related to his life, Prospero puts away his magic cloak and asks Miranda to wipe off her tears and have comfort. The shipwreck has not caused any harm to any of the persons on board that ship. He adds that this sight was an illusion and bewildering. He has…
When Miranda utters that it was a very sad day, Prospero tells her that no harm has come to anybody, and whatever he has done, was done for her sake. He further adds that she does not know her true identity and nor does she know anything of where she has come from and nor…
When Prospero finds that her daughter has drowned in grief to see the ship wreck, he consoles her by asking her to calm herself and not feel bewildered anymore. He tells her that no harm has come to any person on that ship.