Prospero, Dr. Faustus and the Search for Power

In William Shakespeares The Tempest, and Christopher Marlowes Doctor Faustus, Prospero and Doctor Faustus both engage in elements of the unilluminated arts, initially to achieve aspirational outcomes. In order to demonstrate power, Shakespeare efficaciously plays with the relationships between master and retainer. some characters are also locked in a power struggle for the control of the island, rasetually create the abuse of power by some characters. Whereas, Marlowe presents the master/servant relationship as a mutually beneficial pack out of choice, rather than against the provide of the servant. How eer, while Prospero is clearly improve at the end of The Tempest, Faustus is anathemise to hell and does not generate the treasured power that Prospero regains. This may be due to the concomitant that The Tempest is a classifiable romance play, ending with a clichéd happily ever after, whereas Marlowes Doctor Faustus is considered a tragedy due to the chief(prenominal) character dying.\nThe power held by The Tempest(s) main protagonist, Prospero, is challenged by the native islander Caliban. Caliban recognizes this, and when attempting to notwithstandingcher Prospero, he wants to possess his books; for without them / Hes but a sot,... This line presents Caliban as powerful, as he knows the secret to Prosperos power, and also knows how to stop it. However, the concomitant that Caliban has not acted on this, even when enslaved by Prospero, but or else looks for a god or master shows how he inevitably someone to guide him.\nProspero is called a sot by Caliban; the rallying cry sot refers to a mediaeval drunkard, someone who is habitually drunk, which presents Prospero as a reckless character. This shows a clear gap in power between Prospero and Caliban, as the island should belong to the native Caliban, but has been colonized by Prospero, the careless white man. What is interesting is that Caliban merely insults Prospero behind his back, bu t in his presen...