The Tempest Quote Analysis

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William Shakespeare in the play, The Tempest (1623), asserts that becoming greedy for power can corrupt one's mind. Shakespeare supports his claim by illustrating the characters struggles with power throughout the play using diction, tone, metaphors and similes. The authors purpose is to warn the audience from becoming greedy for power in order to prevent corruption within your mind. The author writes in a serious tone for the aristocrats and the government officials during his time period. The Tempest by Shakespeare is a wonderful play about characters struggles with power and greed, and how one character overcomes his greed of power to forgive everyone who has done him wrong in the past. Throughout the story Shakespeare warns the reader that …show more content…
A good example of Shakespeare using diction is when Prospero, who used to be the king, is talking to his daughter, Miranda, on how his brother turned on him and exiled him from his own nation. “Should presently extirpate me and mine out of Dukedome, and confer fair Milan (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 125-126). This quote is a very good example of Shakespeare using diction. Shakespeare uses extirpate, which means eliminate or eradicate. He decides to use this word choice because it describes what happened with Prospero in the story. Prospero used to be the king of Milan until his brother Antonio, who became hungry for power joined forces with his nation's arch enemy, Alonso king of Naples. There they decided to exile Prospero from their nation. This is how Shakespeare uses diction when he uses the word extirpate to show how becoming greedy for power can corrupt one's mind. The next example of shakespeare using diction is when Prospero is trying to contemplate whether or not to get revenge on everyone who has done him wrong in his past or forgive them of their mistakes. “The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance” (Act 5, Scene 1, Line 35-36). In this example of diction
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