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Explore the ways Shakespeare presents ideas of society in 'The Tempest' 'The Tempest' was Shakespeare's last play written alone. He used it to express his thoughts on the structure of society, albeit through using certain characters as a mouthpiece. These characters include Gonzalo and Prospero. To begin with, the society on the island consists only of Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and the spirits, which only appear to Prospero. One theme in the play is the idea of usurpation, which is shown several times throughout. One of Caliban's reasons for hating Prospero is his idea that Prospero usurped him as ruler of the island. This is made clear as early as Act 1 Scene 2, when Caliban says "This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, which thou tak'st from me". Antonio also usurped Prospero as Duke of Milan, Stephano wishes to be "king of th' isle" and Sebastian plots to kill Alonso to become...

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