How Is Power Presented In The Tempest

Many people feel more powerful when they know all the drama around their school and in history it is the same way. In history, many rulers are more powerful when they have more knowledge of the countries standings or if they know a lot of information about other rulers in other countries. In First Encounters of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the French by Kellogg and The Tempest by Shakespeare the people gained power when they had more knowledge of everything going on in the world or their specific country. During the Age of Exploration, power is gained through knowledge when someone has more knowledge about a specific topic which is shown through Prospero in The Tempest and The Indians in First Encounters of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the French.

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Caliban, Prospero's former slave, left Prospero’s services and made Stephano his new master when Stephano gave him a new kind of alcohol he had never had before. After Caliban left Prospero, he managed to convince Stephano that Prospero was a bad person and that the only way to rule the island was to make sure Prospero was dead. The Tempest explains that when Prospero gains the knowledge of Caliban’s plan he is able to stop him and save himself. He sends, “{...} spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds, hunting them about”(VI.1. 159-160). Since Prospero gained knowledge about Caliban’s plan he also gained power because he was able to control where Caliban went after he set the wild dogs to chase him. Also, Prospero gained power because he was able to use what he knew to help himself out and save himself which kept him alive and in charge of the island. Shakespeare’s ideas throughout The Tempest explain what was going on in that time period, The Age of Exploration. Shakespeare explains that during The Age of Exploration, people were exploring new land and trying to rule over new land that they didn’t know existed and in The Tempest Prospero discovers new land and tries to rule over it even though natives were already living there. As Shakespeare explains through Prospero in The Tempest, people living in the time of the Age of Exploration