Even though we hear the story of Prospero's eviction from Milan from him, the way in which he tells it inspires distrust. Prospero is overconfident, arrogant, and extremely unforgiving. The way in which Prospero ruled in Act 1 shows us that his rule is not always pleasant. Another sign of weakness was on the Island when he became friends with Caliban, brought him into his house and treated him like a brother and then was betrayed by him when he attempted to rape his sister. Then he overreacts when he tries to learn from bein

was to warn Ferdinand and Miranda not to pleasure himself. By the end of the play Prospero combines power over himself and power over the outer world. This makes him an ideal leader.

g betrayed. He goes to the other extreme and becomes very dictatorial when dealing with the exile and being abusive to Caliban. It is also showed when he goes ballistic and threatens to put Ariel in prison.

Also throughout the whole play Prospero just seems corrupt and vain. When Stephano's party is getting ready to kill Prospero and the court party is apparently going to commit mass suicide, Prospero indulges his desire to show off his art to his children, and make the most of it before he gives it up. At the end he also seems very selfish when he wishes to tells everyone his life story.

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Then besides the obvious signs of oppression it is also apparent when he seems unforgiving towards Caliban and Antonio. When is retrospect we see that Caliban is not a bad guy at all he is actually very

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