Similarities Between The Tempest And Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet (Directed by Fred M. Wilcox), At the Mountains of Madness (written by H.P. Lovecraft) and The Tempest (written by William Shakespeare) are very alike in many aspects. In their own special ways, they can all be considered science fiction and they all share things that range from the appearance of the characters to the themes of all three stories. All three of the stories discuss topics such as ambition, natural instincts, and human nature. With these topics, they also included some of the same themes, which include “Some things are better left undisturbed” and “Ambition, greed and human nature can sometimes take control of someone”. There are many striking similarities between The Tempest and Forbidden Planet, and yet they

By doing this, both characters admit to their partially unintentional wrong doings and hope to be able to make amends before it’s too late. Also, in Forbidden Planet, Morbius tells the captain that he refuses to return to Earth because he doesn’t believe humanity is ready for the information that the Krell possessed, much like Prospero refusing to let anyone see his collection of magical books, creating a theme of “Knowledge isn’t always beneficial”. Another similarity between the two stories is the personality of the daughters in both stories. In Forbidden Planet, Alta has been isolated for her entire life, and when she finally sees the crew of the spacecraft, she’s not sure what to do with them or what to think of them. The same can be said for Miranda in The Tempest, who had been isolated her whole life until the crew of the ship became marooned on the island because of Prospero. In both cases, these discoveries completely change their entire life and their views of the universe, and once they are exposed to the rest of the universe, they are very curious and anxious to explore and go venture their newly

One major similarity deals with the topic of consequences and ambition. In Forbidden Planet, the Krell aliens that inhabited Altaira 4 in the past built a giant machine for themselves that ran on their ideas and thoughts without physical components. Morbius claims that they died before they ever got to finish the machine, but the Doctor later discovers that the machine was the cause of their downfall, and the same thing happened with the Old Ones in At the Mountains of Madness. In that story, the Old Ones genetically engineered the Shoggoths to help them built their giant cities and expand their civilization, but eventually, the Shoggoths turned against them and killed off the Old Ones. In both stories, the civilizations are blinded by their thirst for knowledge and want to keep pushing their limits, causing them to ignore the possible consequences, which eventually causes their demise. This causes them to share themes of “Be careful what you wish for” and “There is no progress without sacrifice”. Also, a similarity between the stories can be seen in the personality of several characters. Like Morbius in Forbidden Planet, Lake in At the Mountains of Madness was blinded by his pure ambition and curiosity when he first discovered the Old Ones’ fossils. Another similarity that can be seen is in how the characters of