It is very interesting to compare Prospero – the one who could control the nature, the supernatural and the men - with a writer. The writing process gives to the writer power to create and to manipulate stories as he wishes. The writer carefully plans and develops his thoughts, as if he was the god of his own world, able to make his creatures act in accordance to his desires. I found under the musicality of The Tempest, Prospero as The Regent of an orchestra, leading the musicians (characters) to achieve The Greatest Melody – his plan accomplished. The music is used many times to hypnotize characters or get from them what he wanted. But as the writer, also the reader has his power. And from the Epilogue, on The Tempest I can see a writer wishing that his work could remain alive through the readers.
“(…) now, 'tis true, I must be here confined by you, or sent to Naples. (…) dwell in this bare island by your spell; (…) but release me from my bands with the help of your good hands: Gentle breath of yours my sails must fill, or else my project fails, which was to please.”
Love through literature, eternalizing Shakespeare’s works that would remain forever. Prospero did not want his Dukedom back. Instead, the writer’s desire was to be eternalized through his works on the reader’s minds and “good hands”. In Prospero, I found a writer planning, creating, developing, and manipulating his audience. The plan was “to please”, going beyond the borders of the Island – England, and get “released with the help of the reader good hands.” The definition of the word Prospero infers to the one who could make it better, make it grow, and make it richer. The imagery of a reader receiving the power to make the work of an artist to prosper, while taking a “Gentle breath” of inspiration, and then keep his legacy and his works alive, is remarkable. The reader is the one who has the power and freedom to make, not only Shakespeare’s work remain alive, but mainly, Literature.
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