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Let's try a couple of them; come back later for others. Simple plot fact: he does free Ariel. He seems to give up his art out of the realization that it was interfering with his humanity: Ariel says that if he (A) were human he'd pity the courtiers; P realizes that since he is human he should, and decides to; and in the next breath he gives up his magic. No mystery about Miranda: an innocent young girl meets a handsome guy and falls in love. And yes, recent criticism of the play has begun to notice that Prospero does to Caliban exactly what his brother had done to him, and thus doesn't quite hold the moral high ground.Posted by Hamlet on March 19, 1997 at 10:10:39
In Reply to "Who was in the right, Prospero or Caliban?" posted by Oberon on March 18, 1997 at 23:06:31
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