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How does Shakespeare present Prospero's relationship with Ariel and Caliban throughout the course of the play?
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Q1. How does Shakespeare present Prospero's relationship with Ariel and Caliban throughout the course of the play? Look at the language used when speaking to, and of each other. Do you think the dynamics of the relationships support a colonialist reading, or is this incidental? The time at which Shakespeare wrote The Tempest saw a new dawn in sea travel. It was written in 1611, two years after the ill-fated journey of the Sea Adventure to Virginia. This early attempt a colonisation was doubtless an influence Shakespeare's storyline in The Tempest. It is unlikely that Shakespeare consciously included this colonial theme in his writing, as there is only circumstantial evidence of a colonialist reading. However, we can further explore this theme by looking at the relationships of Prospero, the supposed 'colonist', with Ariel and Caliban, the assumed natives. The relationship between Prospero and his deformed slave is obviously a tempestuous one....
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