This was one of Shakespeare's last plays but it doesn't make the reading any easier. I got the gist of it with the help of previous interpretations. I was wanting to identify the magical characters being Prospero, Ariel, Sycorax and Caliban. In this play, Prospero is banished to an island, after his relos take his place as King of Milan. However he learns magic and with the help of Ariel, causes a storm to force them to his island where he wins back his title but also forgives the perpetrators at the same time. These characters have been adapted to SciFi before, as in the original classic film Forbidden Planet where none other than Robbie the Robot took on the role of the vile Caliban.
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