How does Shakespeare present tension Essay

The contrast in speech also applies to the language of the spirits of the Island which are shown to be quite delicate and poetic ferocious waves whist, Shakespeare uses alliteration of the letter w to slows the pace of the speech and produces sounds that makes Ariel seem less human or earth-bound but instead of the air or the waves. In contrast to the way Prospero treats Caliban, Prospero treats Ariel with affection, my dainty Ariel. Shakespeare uses the emphasis on the word my to suggest that Prospero is fonder of the possession of Ariel than Ariel himself.If the Island can be taken as a metaphor for piece versus nature then the differences in the way Caliban and Ariel are treated by Prospero defines humanitys ambitions and fears. Prospero treats Ariel with fuck because he is an asset to him, fine apparition, my quant Ariel, and because of the power that Prospero gains finished that get over that makes him appear almost God-like. Humans control the elements to gain a level of d irection in their lives, to make sense of the meaninglessness of life.It is this direction that leads Prospero to recall and aspire to be like God because it strangles the connection mingled with him and the repulsive macrocosms of nature he has power over, such as Caliban. Equality leads to lack of control and it is Calibans adamant rebellion to be seen inferior that sickens Prospero. In the Tempest, Caliban represents peoples indispensable state and when Prospero oppresses Caliban, Shakespeare is creating an image of nuance repressing their inbred selves and concluding that the tensions between civilisation and nature only exist because of the way civilisation resents its natural state.When Gonzalo speaks of his golden age he is explaining a world where nature and civilisation could exist as oneness without the tensions that are so apparent in the rest of the play. Gonzalo would have use of service, none, no wrinkle but rather live innocently with nature bringing forth of its own kind, all foison Shakespeare uses the building of the speech, interrupted continuously by Antonio and Sebastian, to perhaps mock the idea and highlight its faults.The idea itself comes from a French philosopher who describes how the Europeans corrupted America with its advanced influence. Through Sebastian and Antonio, Shakespeare is undermining his words and this implies that his own opinion could be that nature and civilisation can never both exist without the differences or hostility between the two. I believe Shakespeare presents the tensions between Civilisation and Nature not as to highlight their difference, but rather to highlight the tension that is created by societys denial in their similarities.Perhaps the repulsion of Caliban is seen as a rejection of each of the to a greater extent civilised characters untamed selves, their more sophisticated selves portrayed as wit, cunning or power. By this, I could say that Shakespeare is presenting Caliban as the only tru e character in the whole play, though coarse and crude(a) he is evidently not a master of politics or scheming, such as the characters of Antonio and Sebastian, which has been learnt through the highest classes of civilised society.In this, Shakespeare is saying that both nature and civilisation are equal, the only difference being that nature is not in a state of self denial. Show preview only The in a higher place preview is unformatted text This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE The Tempest section.