Reality and Illusion in William Shakespeare\'s The Tempest

In William Shakespe argons The Tempest, the line mingled with the realm of reality and phantasy is blurred by Prospero, who by the use of his conjury, is able to counterfeit and control both the island and those who are stranded on it. The wave-particle duality between deceit and reality, the business line between the natural and stirred are being represent and questioned by Prosperos magic. Through issue the be, Shakespeare is stating that illusions put forward distort reality, but in the end reality forget always makes itself apparent. Prospero orchestrates the events of the play with ease, his magic giving him the power to insure the characters and environment around him. This about omniscient power that is presented pushes the listening to question what is real and what is not. Because the earshot is not directed problematical with the plays plot, they cannot be strung along by Prosperos magic, allowing for objective viewings of what is in reality occurring. The se contrasting perceptions can be applied to the characters in the play as well; What are mere illusions to Prospero is reality for everyone else on the island.\nThe first demonstration of Prosperos sizable illusions occurs during the very first characterisation of the play. The huge storm and the result sendwreck is our first entrance to the world of the play and as we later find out the first part of Prosperos inflate plan. The tempest that begins the play engulfs the ship and leaves its occupants throughout the island, each believe that they were the only survivors. Prospero manipulated the reality of the situation, loss the survivors unaware that they were never in danger the entire time. The front end of Prosperos magic establishes a dichotomy between this plays world compared to Shakespeares opposite works, Neil H. Wright embellishes further stating it is the world of illusion that is the established order, not the commonplace world of experience (Wright 244). This overleap of experience that a ...