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Prospero is one of Shakespeare’s more enigmatic protagonists. He is a sympathetic character in that he was wronged by his usurping brother, but his absolute power over the other characters and his overwrought speeches make him difficult to like.
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Prospero, who abandons the world of fantasy to rejoin...
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Prospero is the main character in The Tempest. He is the Duke of Milan who was overthrown by his brother Antonio fifteen years before the start of the play and cast adrift in a boat with his baby daughter, Miranda. During those fifteen years he studied and taught himself how to do magic.
Prospero (/ ˈprɒspəroʊ / PROS-pər-o) is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare 's The Tempest. Character.
Prospero is a magician who used to belong to Milan’s. nobility. before he was banished to an island. Educated. Prospero reads a lot and is very knowledgeable. He has taught himself to...
Prospero, who abandons the world of fantasy to rejoin civilization, is one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing characters, and critics are divided over whether Prospero is based on a real person.
Prospero has become a powerful enchanter, and his magical skill gives him almost complete control over everyone on the island. He's not shy about using his enchantments either, whether on his enemies or on his daughter, to manipulate events to his liking.
Prospero is the master-mind, the man of the future, as shown by his control over the forces of Nature. He passes as a magician, and Shakespeare found his prototype, as far as external accessories were concerned, in a scholar of mark and man of high principles, Dr. Dee, who died in 1607.