William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest,' was first performed in 1611 and was the last play that Shakespeare wrote. The main character, Prospero is thought to be a representation of Shakespeare as he controls all of the characters in the play just as Shakespeare controls the characters in his scripts also at the end of the play, Prospero asks the audiences' permission to leave the stage in the epilogue, this could be seen as Shakespeare announcing his retirement: "Let your indulgence set me free." The play suggests many differences between the primitive Caliban and the civilised Prospero. We see...
unmaterialistic and he does not want to hurt anyone or cause suffering, he just wants his island.

'The Tempest,' raises the issue of colonial arrogance, which is relevant today, just as it was in Elizabethan times.

Still, today, there are many 'Prospero's,' who visit different cultures and believe the natives are different and therefore do not give them or their culture a chance. We learn in the end that the prejudiced people in the world will get what they deserve as in this case, the audience sees Prospero as quite a manipulative figure.