The Tempest critics

Kermode “Caliban is a representative of

Nature uncontrolled by Art.”

Haddon “Stephano is

the real monster.”

Bowen on Prospero “Subtle but arch Machiavellian…

using his daughter as a part of his political game.”

Todd “Miranda’s outward beauty is a

reflection on her inner merit.”

Gurr “costume was an instrument of meaning

as well as spectacle and colour.”

McFarland “Gonzalo is a speaker

of a certain truth.”

Green “Prospero can be seen

as the composer of the events of the play.

Kermode “Caliban can only abuse

the gift of speech“

Bowen “an ambiguous picture of colonialism and

of the position of women in society.”

Grindlay, “throughout the play Miranda is

unaware of the full extent of her father’s influence”