THE IDEAS OF POWER, SLAVERY AND FREEDOM IN SHAKESPEARE’S 'THE TEMPEST': A POLITICAL RE-READING BASED ON HIS CHARACTERS’ TENDENCIES

Abstract

Power, slavery, freedom are three words that define some insistently frequent semantic fields in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. These are very large figures: an extraordinary frequency, which is obviously not coincidental. This article aims to show that these three semantic fields define the three main pillars that enable a re-reading of the characters in The Tempest based on the analysis of the life positions of each of them, and ultimately in light of contemporary political thought.