Through the use of his magic, Prospero seeks to surpass worldly values and create a utopia, or ideal society. This becomes evident in how Shakespeare portrays the innocence of Ferdinand and Miranda. He insists that Ferdinand not "Break her virgin knot before All sanctimonious ceremonies may."(Act 4, Scene 1) Prospero's seeking to create an ideal society also becomes evident in his attempts at making his usurping brother and his court to repent. Thus, he is trying to make right of what has gone wrong in the world. He does this by working with his faithful spirit Ariel and using his magical knowledge to create a world in which he can create his own future and reconcile with his past. When his opportunity arrives to make his enemies repent. Prospero seizes the opportunity and sets out to reverse the events that occurred twelve year previously.

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here,"(Act 1, Scene 1) Ferdinand yelled as he leapt from the burning ship during the tempest. The great tempest that Prospero bade Ariel to create was made by magic. The ship burned but it did not split, break, or sink. The ship was brough

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The magician uses magic to bring Ferdinand and Miranda together. Prospero prepared them both for their meeting: Miranda, through his teachings, and Ferdinand, through the loss of his father, which made him more open to the thought of love. Though Prospero has the ability to make them meet, making them fall in love is out of Propsero's magical reach. He does not have the power to make two people fall in love. But, Miranda and Ferdinand fall in love anyway. Prospero's plan does not end there. Prospero tests the love of Ferdinand and Miranda. He does this in three parts: the meeting, the testing, and the reward. His goal is to keep Miranda innocent until her wedding night. He warns, "hate will be born in the bed" (Act 4, Scene 1) of the one who breaks the rule of chastity. The marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda is a very important part of Prospero's larger project. To keep Ferdinand and Miranda innocent until their wedding night is part of creating an ideal society.

Prospero uses Ariel and Caliban in very different ways. "The savage is used as a pointer to the evil black magic that is the opposite of the benevolent white magic Prospero uses." (Wagner) Shakespeare does not allow us to feel anything but fear for Caliban. Since magic was a very real concept in the Elizabethan period, the people who saw "The Tempest" believed that Caliban's birth from the black witch S

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