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The Tempest

The Tempest. by William Shakespeare. Main Characters :. PROSPERO Magician , born leader, kind, merciful, wise, charitable, intelligent, hot-tempered , influential, commanding/ controlling . MIRANDA

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The Tempest

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  1. The Tempest byWilliam Shakespeare

  2. MainCharacters: PROSPERO Magician, born leader, kind, merciful, wise, charitable, intelligent, hot-tempered, influential, commanding/ controlling. MIRANDA Beautiful, compassionate, sympathetic, honest, kind-hearted, considerate, gentle, moral compass, epitome of goodness and innocence.

  3. Characters ARIEL Air spirit, loyal, peaceful, graceful, lively, honest, loving. Embodies the best qualities of human beings. CALIBAN Evil, selfish, cruel, monstrous, grotesque, intelligent, clumsy, traitor, bitter and sour – however, has the capacity to be good. ANTONIO Power hungry, cruel, brave, selfish, malicious, sense of humour.

  4. How they’re powerful • Prospero is a talented magician, gifted in the knowledge of and the ability to control the natural elements • Power of persuasion and words • Understands people’s flaws- can easily manipulate them. • Plays on their emotions • Physical power • Personality • Has loyal subjects (also paternal power) • Forgiveness

  5. How they’re powerless • Ignorance • No political power, only has his title • Trapped on the island • Influenced by his relationship with his daughter • Dependent on Ariel’s assistance

  6. The relationships resulting from this: Miranda: Powerless- Stops him from taking his revenge. Is very protective over her, devote and loving. Powerful- Marriage to Ferdinand. Ariel : Powerful- Loyalty (debt for his rescue) and controls his freedom. Powerless- Ariel performs all his tasks and magic, relies on his devotion and compliance.

  7. Relationships Caliban: Powerful- physical abuse, is his servant. Powerless- he rebels and plots to kill him. Antonio: Powerful- stranded on the island, also forgives him. Powerless- steals his dukedom and tries to kill him in the beginning of the play.

  8. Position of power in the beginning of the play Originally in a form of political power, he looses it in Milan when his brother betrays him and steals his position, exiling him out to sea. He then gets stranded on an island and relies on the monster Calibanto teach him how to survive on the island. He has power though in the form of his magical abilities and quickly gains more when he sets Ariel free from the tree. He enslaves Caliban through force and the physical abuse of power, taking complete control of the island and its inhabbitants. He swaps one form of political power for another. He creates a Tempest, marooning his enemies on the island too. He then has almost complete power over everyone present.

  9. Position of power in the end of the play He creates the setting where Miranda and Ferdinand meet and thus fall in love. He appears before the island’s hosts, forgiving them all despite their treatment and secures the marriage of the prince and his daughter. He returns to his old home after severing his connections to his and the island’s magic.

  10. “Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, yet with my nobler reason ‘gainst my fury do I take part: the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, the sole drift of my purpose doth extend not a frown further.”

  11. Conclusion Prospero is always powerfuland seems to only trade one formfor another. He never relinquishes it and actually becomes more powerful. He never experiences the corrupting nature of power and nor does he become a slave to it.

  12. The tragical history / The tragedy of Dr Faustus(Or just)Doctor Faustus By Christopher Marlowe

  13. Main Characters: Mephistophilis: • Remorseful, bitter, moral, menacing, wise, unhappy. What Faustus will become if he does not repent. “Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, conspir’d against our God with Lucifer, And are for ever damn’d with Lucifer.” Faustus: • Arrogant, ignorant, naïve, obnoxious, egotistical, no morals, greedy, stubborn, power hungry, loner, selfish, book smart.

  14. Characters Helen Of Troy: • Beautiful, tempting, evil. She is the cause of Faustus’ damnation. Old Man: • Good, faithful, religious, loyal, trustworthy. What Faustus would become if he did repent.

  15. Characters Bad Angel: • Evil, hell’s representative, offers Faustus everything he desires. What it offers is immediate. “No, Faustus; think of honour and of wealth.” Good Angel: • Pure, heaven’s representative, offers Faustus nothing. What it offers will only matter after death. “Sweet Faustus, think of heaven and heavenly things.” Good Angel.

  16. How they’re powerful Faustus: • He is very knowledgeable and smart. He uses this as a means to not only gain respect but also power over people. He can summon a demon. Mephistophilis: • Wise, immortal and has the power to do a great deal of things.

  17. How they’re powerless Faustus: • Completely dependant on Mephistophilis to do anything. The devil has his soul so he controls Faustus. Gains no knowledge. Mephistophilis: • Is a slave to hell and can’t be where he really wants to be. He is constantly being used by the Lucifer and Faustus.

  18. The relationships resulting from this: Faustus and Mephistophilis. Faustus believes he holds all the power in the relationship when in truth he is just being controlled by Mephistophilis. Mephistophilis wants to warn Faustus but can’t because he is loyal to Hell. “Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it: Think’st thou that I, who saw the face of God, and tasted the eternal joys of heavan, not tormented with ten thousand hells, in being d’prived of everlasting bliss? O, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, which strike a terror to my fainting soul!” Mephistophilis. Faustus and Old Man. He is Faustus if Faustus had chosen to repent. He tries to warn Faustus and tells him to repent. “By which sweet path thou mayst attain the goal that shall conduct the to celestial rest! Break heart, drop blood, and mingle it with tears, tears falling from repentant heaviness of thy most vile and loathsome filthiness, the stench whereof corrupts the inward soul with such flagitious crimes heinous sin as no commiseration may expel, but mercy, Faustus, of thy saviour sweet, whose blood alone must wash away thy guilt.” Old Man

  19. Relationships Faustus and Helen of Troy She is the epitome of beauty and is probably what seals Faustus’ fate. Her kiss is what stops Faustus from repenting at his last chance. Faustus and the Two Angels. The bad Angel constantly keeps Faustus from repenting by offering him all his heart desires and offering him things that are immediate. The good angel can only offer him heaven and a promise that he will be safe if he repents this therefor makes Faustus hesitant to listen to him.

  20. Position of power in the beginning of the play Faustus: • Knowledge • Magic • Status • Greed • Lust for power Mephistophilis • Loyalty • Wisdom • Regret

  21. Position of power in the end of the play Faustus: • Magic • Greed • Repentance • Arrogance • Knowledge “My heart’s so harden’d, I cannot repent: Scarce can I name salvation, faith, or heaven, but fearful echoes thunder in mine ears, ‘Faustus, thou art damn’d!’ Then swords, and knives, poison, guns, halters, and envenom’d steel are laid before me to dispatch myself; and long ere I should have slain myself, had not sweet pleasure conquered deep despair.” Faustus.

  22. Conclusion Faustus has power only in the beginning because of the knowledge he has. However as soon as he sells his soul to the devil he loses any inkling of power he had previously. He gains nothing from the bargain he makes and loses more and more power the whole time he refuses to repent. His ignorance makes the deal seem fair even though it isn’t and his greed and selfish desires is what keeps him from repenting and so dooms him. He is a slave to power.

  23. A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams

  24. Main Characters: Blanche Stanley Delicate, unstable, flirtatious, lonely, self-destructive, alcoholic, vain, acts meek/helpless. Manipulates the truth. Crude, vulgar, sexually driven,obnoxious, blunt, attractive, primitive, abusive, egotistical. Uncovers the truth., blunt, hot tempered. Uncovers the truth.

  25. Characters Stella: Mitch: Pregnant, submissive, naïve, push over, weak, timid, constantly trying to keep the peace. Hides from the truth. • Kind, gentleman, caring, lonely, sensitive, seeks companionship.

  26. How they’re powerful • Blanche: Uses beauty as her power over men and her words as power over everybody. • Stanley: His masculinity, desirability and intimidating nature is what gives him power.

  27. How they’re powerless • Blanche: Fear of aging, vanity, alcohol, beauty, mental instability, desire for attention, stability and love. “And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful. That’s important with Blanche. Her little weakness!” Stella “I don’t know how much longer I can turn the trick. It isn’t enough to be soft. You’ve got to be soft and attractive. And I - I’m fading now!” Blanche

  28. The relationships resulting from this: • Blanche and Stanley: He holds all the power in the relationship. Stanley is the only character that never falls victim to Blanche’s lies. • “I’ve been on to you from the start! Not once did you pull any wool over this boy’s eyes! You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light bulb with a paper lantern, and low and behold the place has turned into to Egypt and you are the queen of the Nile! Sitting on your throne and swilling my liquor! I say – Ha – Ha! Do you hear me? Ha – ha – ha!” Stanley Blanche and Mitch: Blanche has power over Mitch almost instantly because of her beauty. Even after he finds out the truth he is still affected by her beauty.

  29. Relationships • Blanche and Stella: • Blanche holds power over Stella simply because of the fact that she is the older sister. Stella, however has power over Blanche because of the fact that she now supports her. • Stanley and Stella • Stanley has power over Stella physically and because she loves him so much. Stella also has power over Stanley because he also loves her substantially and can’t really live without her

  30. Power in the beginning of the play • Blanche: • She never really has power though she tries to pretend she does. • Bathing • Alcohol • Desire • Beauty. • Past. • Words/lies. • Age.

  31. Power Position • Stanley: • He is powerful. • Physical. • Bathing. • Desire.

  32. Position of power in the end of the play • Blanche: • Less power than she started with, completely powerless. • Mental instability • Varsouviana/past. • Lies • Desire • Beauty • Alcohol. • “I don’t want realism, I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be dammed for it!” Blanche

  33. Power position • Stanley: • Has more power over Blanche physically and with knowledge. • Desire. • Physical. • Truth. • “Delicate piece she is.” Stanley • “She is. She was. You didn’t know Blanche as a girl. Nobody, nobody, was tender and trusting as she was. But people like you abused her, and forced her to change.” Stella

  34. Conclusion • In conclusion Blanche is powerless from the start the only true power she has is her beauty and even that leads to her downfall. Blanche gets lost in her own lies and is trapped in the web she herself has spun. From the time you meet her she is running and hiding from her past which can and did make her powerless. She is a slave to desire and therefor she is a slave to power.

  35. Summary of power similarities in all three plays • Magic • Appearances • Words • Music • Knowledge • Truth and deceit • Feminist perspective • Society and class • Seclusion or loneliness

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