Ohhh man, The Tempest Act 1...

Thank the Lord for sparknotes! I don't think I would have understood anything from this play, if i hadn't read no fear Shakespeare! Any who, I read the character overview before I read the first act of the play and my first feelings towards Prospero were taht of pity. I felt sorry for him because his land was taken from him by his own brother, and he was casted away to this island with nothing but is infant daughter. As i got to act 1 scene 2, i began to see the rude, controlling, deceitful, revengeful side of Prospero. He controls his daughter by not telling her who she is, or why they are living on the island. He is rude towards not only his daughter, but to Ariel who does his every wish and towards Caliban, who first showed him the ways of the island. Prospero is deceitful because he tells Miranda that "much luck is on my side, and my enemies have happened to wreck their ship on this island" (page 8)  which is not true at all for Prospero told Ariel to cause the crew to jump off of the ship and to hid the ship on the other side of the island. We can also see Prospero deceitfulness when Ariel says "let me remind you what you promised me but haven’t come through with yet."(page 11) With this quote we can see that Prospero had promised something to Ariel, but has yet to follow through. I have a feeling that Prospero is going to say he will do a lot of things throughout the play, but will not follow through with them. In addition ( and this is just my prediction), i think he will cause his daughter to run away with Ferdinand (or someone else) by the end of the play. Just some ideas.