The Tempest: The Importance Of Prospero's Books

Greenblatt, Stephen, ed. The Norton Shakespeare, Vols. 1+2. New York and London. W.W. Norton, 2008. Print.
This book consisted of a variety of William Shakespeare’s plays. The Tempest was the main focus for the presentation. The play demonstrated a love story, some tragedy and magic consisting of many characters such as Prospero, Ariel, Miranda, Caliban, Ferdinand, Trinculo and Stephano. Prospero made a love match with his daughter Miranda and the Prince of Naples, Ferdinand, through his magical powers and the help of his spiritual servant Ariel. Prospero’s used his magical powers to create a shipwreck leading the men from Naples including the Prince stranded on a disserted island. As they embark the disserted island, Caliban who is Prospero’s

In the end of the play Prospero throws the book away stating that he is done with all of the magic. In Prospero’s Books the book was burned in the end. As the book burned slowly the film captures the importance of what it means once the book it burned. It signifies that Prospero’s power of magic is gone forever and his life will change. The film had very little speaking throughout and instead used the form of the human body to express feelings and emotions through dance, which is something that was not seen in other Tempest films. Prospero’s Books references back to the importance of all elements of the earth, such as air, fire, wind and water. The film brought to life all of those elements that help mold Prospero’s

We as a group took an in depth look at the transformation of the director Julie Taymor turning Prospero into a female rather then the original gender of Prospero who is a male. It was a different approach when analyzing the 2010 version because changing the dominant character into a female made a significant change with the way Prospero was towards not only her daughter Miranda but her spirit as well. Prospera is more motherly and also is more emotional. The film shows how Prospero has genuine feelings for Ariel her servant and there are moments in the film when you can see the two of them very close to the point of questioning their intimacy. The male and female characters towards each other transition the way Prospera feels and expresses emotions. If it were to be a male Prospero the emotional connection would not be as strong and that is one thing that we focused