About Prospero

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…showed last 75 words of 699 total…him accomplish his main goal, revenge on Alonso and Antonio. Prospero's character is strongly developed during the first act of the play, and Shakespeare shows him to be a very cold sorcerer who will use his power whenever he wishes, without concern for those he is harming. Prospero's "art" plays a very significant role in detailing his personality because much of what Prospero does in the first act is motivated by his desire for power.