A.) religion B.) magic C.)both

Prospero gives his blessing to Ferdinand but not without making a deal with Ferdinand. He makes Ferdinand promise to keep Miranda's virginity intact until the wedding. I always felt and saw this as a pretty stern christian belief/rule. However, we see a man who has strayed away from the church and entangled his life with spirits pushing this rule on another person. I believe this coincides with the class theme that religion and witchcraft aren't all that different. However, i think we assume most of the time that when we say religion we often think of Christianity. But in the text Prospero references Hymen. No this isn't referencing Miranda's hymen, he did that by saying her "virgin-knot". When he says Hymen he is referencing to Hymen the greek goddess of marriage. Which seems odd considering the time period . The way he says it makes it seem as if he truly believes in it too. I thought this was interesting because what if when we say magic and religion are similar, we don't just mean Christianity. What if magic was designed as a mixture of samples from other religions and beliefs and by doing this it creates more of separation between Christianity and other religions. It's meant almost to throw shade at other religions, thereby creating a stronger Christian following because other religions are similar to "magic and mysticism".  What if the idea of magic is really just a Christian marketing campaign gone bad. Which makes sense based on what we learned in class. We talked about how magic likely came about because things like infant mortality were happening and people needed someone to point at. So the idea of magic and mysticism was created by the church to help unite the people against a common enemy ("magic" more like other religions).

All that was Prologue is now Past

Like a dream, the sea
roils and twists into whirlwinds
that clash against sky.

Helpless figures drown
and gasp, sodden from vengeance's
sour coil. Ships crumble

and tremble; death's shroud
slices through blood; slaves ponder
the wonder chainless

limbs would promise. He,
Prospero, master of the
isle, stares forlorn

at his construction.
The end is forecast, a dance-
dalliance of love

applauded, arranged
by design. The fools of drink                             
and scheming plots meet

feasts and familiar
faces. Magic's slithery
touch pervades the bright-

dark journey of man's
lost and regained valor. Sleep
is found, kept close, and

cradled - conjures fan-
tastical visions of storms
untempered and stern -

of books shimmering
with a desire to know the
unknowable earth.

Man makes false monsters.
Brother moves against brother,
lovers find love, and

the ache of broken
hearts are mended, made true, soft,
free; and like a dream

the peril has passed by -
nefarious pages packed
away; trickery

grows heavy with peace.
The wind tucks itself into
nooks and crannies, still

and satisfied, in
tree shades. The spirits' bodies
contort into wings

when Ariel's acts
of fancy are retired.
Kings, princes, dukes, slaves

are joined in shared awe
of a victory won-made-
held by a man whose

magic shapes them all.
An unseen crowd crows its glee,
and all fades - complete.

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