You have probably felt wrongfully accused once in your lifetime. Punished without reason, slapped across the wrist, put into a timeout; all because of a simple misunderstanding. Such silent oppression is worse than vindicated punishment, as the equilibrium of right in accordance to wrong is justified when chastising criminals, but loses credence when people are persecuted without reason. Ariel, a servant to many in the novel The Tempest by William Shakespeare, experiences this unjust oppression first hand as he is imprisoned in anguish and adjacently led to beg for his freedom regardless of his altruistic intentions. Shakespeare suggests that Ariel is the most justified in believing he is the most wronged character in The Tempest, due to the magnitude of his suffering and maltreatment with zero …show more content…
His altruism is accentuated when he wakes the King and Gonzalo as Sebastion, the king's brother, and Antonio, Prospero’s brother, plot to kill them. Ariel hinders their plot by singing to Gonzalo in his sleep, advising that if regarding his life he could “...keep a care” He should, “Shake off slumber and beware”(Shakespeare 2.1 347-348). Ariel’s song arouses Gonzalo, leading him to find the swords of his comrades drawn, and ushers him to stay on edge and keep himself alive for the remainder of the play. Most, if given such an opportunity, would shy away from the chance of saving these two valueless souls. Such trouble would be meaningless for anyone, except Arel, as the two men pose no connection to them, and no benefit would be reaped as a result of saving