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AMDG JOSHUA GRAY - 14TH JUNE 2004. IS PROSPERO A MAGNANIMOUS RULER OR AN OPPRESSIVE COLONISER? At first glance Prospero seems like a well intentioned magician, a serene old man who only wanted to restore harmony and achieve reconciliation. But when you look closer into his character you see something else there, a character who is harsh and impatient, demanding and ambiguous, power hungry and deeply troubled. However, there is also a noble, kind and divine side to him. Ariel knows Prospero well and is one of the main characters and so has an advantage over the other characters about what he knows. Ariel calls prospero: ".....My noble master" However, Ariel has good reason to call him this. Prospero treats Ariel very well compared to Caliban often calling him names like "bird, "chick" and"...mine free spirit"....Ariel is under Prospero's control because he set him free from a tree which Sycorax imprisoned him for 12 years...

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