is own senses. Neither Prospero nor Caliban cannot be said to be wholly mind or sensual passion, but Caliban does rely largely on his senses, and by the end of the play, Prospero's mind has achieved a great extent of control over his passions. ---- text passage: Act I, Sc ii, lines 79-116. From "Being once perfected how to grant suits" to "To most ignoble stooping"] Paying close attention to tone & imagery, comment on the presentation of Prospero and important ideas in the play raised here. We are presented with the highly emotional and angst-filled account of past times in Milan narrated by the main protagonist of The Tempest, Prospero. The turbulence in his tale reminds us of the equally disturbing tempest in the previous scene with its general mood of disorder and destruction. Although there are no physical indication of violence as in the last scene, Prospero's report is coloured with such images. It is here, in Act 1 Scene 2 that we learn that Prospero's "art" had conjured up the "tempestuous" storm. Miranda's "piteous heart" demands a salvation for the "poor souls" onboard the ship but her father, the great magician, Prospero promises that, "there's no harm done". He proclaims, "tis' time" and sets out to explain his motive for raising The Tempest that is the driving force of the entire play. As he speaks of the past, Prospero is no doubt reliving every single detail "in the dark backward and absym of time". He seems to have vengeance on his mind right now. Old wounds are cruelly re-opened and he re-experiences the bitterness of betrayal by is "false brother" and the pain of what had happened "twelve year since". At the same time, he is also stirring up lost memories in Miranda's "remembrance". We see Shakespeare's magic at work as well while he deftly weaves the plot into his audience's mind. Every time Prospero calls Miranda to attention, Shakespeare speaks through the lips of his creation to his audience, "Thou attend'st not?" ...
