The Tempest The Greatest Discovery

The nature of discovery often requires individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a positive understanding of the world around them. This is a process of transforming one’s self and their changing their views towards the world. In William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ , Prospero comes to realise the importance of love and redemption in redefining one’s place in the world, as well as creating a new start for others by letting go of past. In Lang Leav’s poem “Acceptance” we reconsider the past and learn to accept what it has given us in our future and the influence of love on an individual.

The greatest discovery is that a human begin can alter his life by altering his attitudes. This is shown in the way we treat others even though

This is viewed in the scene where Prospero finds Miranda and Ferdinand playing chess. This scene brings the two rivals together through a marriage of deep love. Prospero’s forgiveness to Alonso brings the two together and creates a bright future for Miranda and her lover Ferdinand. This is developed when Alonso agrees to Ferdinand’s marriage to Miranda and Prospero pardons him. Alonso, “I am hers. But O, how oddly will it sound, that I must ask my child for forgiveness!” Prospero then states, “There sir stop, Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone.” Here, emotive language is used to eliminate all denial and sadness and bring love. This is highlighted when Prospero says “Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone.” Meaning let’s not get gloomy in our reminiscing, since there’s no reason for sadness anymore, Prospero through his path of compassion he creates the paths of love for Miranda and Ferdinand and the path of freedom for Alonso uniting him with his son that he thought he lost. Here we learn that happiness is a victory not a pleasure and that’s what Prospero achieved happiness to not only his daughter but to his old enemy Alonso. Here the audience learns to forgive is the most beautiful form of love; in return you will receive untold peace and happiness. Therefore Prospero teaches us when you forgive you don’t change the past

She uses the words in her poem to question the audience and teaches us to accept our past instead of running away from it. “Sometimes we want what we couldn't Sometimes we love who we could.” Here anaphora is used with the word ‘we’ to talk to her wider audience about how sometimes we want things that we had to let go for the better. This change’s the way a person perceives things about their past whether they were bad or good. It also helps us reconsider that past experiences develop a discovery of the new worlds around us. Leav advises us that trying to understand the past doesn’t bring you happiness and sometimes it’s not meant to be understood but accepted. Prospero realise that he must accept the past for his future and