Blog #11: Analysis 1

This week my class and I were given the task to make an argumentative portfolio to prepare to write a argument paper about either The Tempest or Hamilton: The Musical. In this blog I will analyze one of the articles I am going to use in my paper.

One of the articles I will use in my paper is named The Political Tempest, by David Bahr. Within this article, Bahr goes into to detail and explains how the majority of the conflicts in The Tempest are caused over who holds the most power. He continues by stating the conflicts faced by Caliban, Prospero, Antonio, and Alonso are all similar and are comparable to politics we see today. “Each of Shakespeare’s works, without exception, is political in nature, for each deals with the knowledge needed to govern human affairs at the individual, familial or state level.” Buhr reveals that The Tempest is a reasonable story concerning a wrong act, this capture regarding Prospero’s control by his brother, and Prospero’s hunt to ascertain justice by declaring himself into power. The notion of justice that the play accomplishes appears profoundly biased since this idea signifies the aspect of a character who commands all the other characters. He then concludes his article by explaining how the rest of the play demonstrates how “Prospero exercises his wisdom and is able to regain his former standing in Milan, while marrying off his daughter to the son of the king of Naples and revenging himself on his former foes.”