Redefining themes: The Tempest

George looked deeper into main themes of the play

• —Loss and grief

• Isolation

• Imprisonment

• —Forgiveness

• Letting go

• Colonization

• —Shipbuilding for trade metal

• —Grief

—Healing process, when experiencing grief, it is common to:

• Feel like you are going mad,

• Be irritable or angry (at the deceased, oneself, others, higher powers),

• Feel frustrated or misunderstood

• —Experience anxiety, nervousness, or fearfulness

• Feel like you want to "escape"

• Experience guilt or remorse

—Grief is a process of healing

—It is important to note that the grief process is not linear, but is more often experienced in cycles.Grief is sometimes compared to climbing a spiral staircase where things can look and feel like you are just going in circles, yet you are actually making progress.

ImprisonmentLiterally- Ariel, Caliban, at one point Ferdinand.Geographically- All the shipwrecked people incl Prospero and Miranda.Emotionally- Miranda, Alonso (?), Prospero (?)By the past- Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban.