Theme Of Brother In The Tempest

Having a sibling is almost like have a constant rival to compare your accomplishments to, there is not room for error when one is trying to win against their brother. The constant rise and fall between characters is from their own families hands for a majority of the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Kinship means nothing to the brothers in the play, all of them are tempted by evil and choose power over family. They each strive for the best for themselves, with no remorse for actions which got them there.
Along the coast of the mediterranean sea the royal families follow a patriarchy, where the head of the bloodline is traced through the first born male. During the 1600’s the eldest boy was given the titles of his father and the power

There is evidence to say that the two grew up with a close relationship teaching one another how things worked and learning new things together, Miranda claims she “Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour/One thing or other./When thou didst not, savage,” when arguing with Caliban. There is not a ton of room for common ground between these two characters the most influential person in both their lives, Prospero. They both fall victim to his control, he is the actual master of caliban forcing him to work for him after inhabiting Caliban's home, and the father of Miranda whom he provides everything for although he does control her in a bad way at times when he forces her to sleep and she can no longer remember which of her memories are true “'Tis far off/And rather like a dream than an assurance/That my remembrance warrants.” (1.2.56-58) .They both have this control over them by Prospero, but are almost comfortable with their circumstances and that's the reason they don't fight it like the

Nature he explains how propero nurtured miranda and praised her for his “melior natura”, but once it came to Caliban he had neither education nor a superior front. In the essay it is said that “It was the object of a good ruler to make his people good by his own efforts; and that he might do so it was considered necessary for him to acquire learning and to rid himself ‘of those troublous affections that intemperate feel’.” Kermode put in perspective how prospero viewed caliban, and someone that language and education was waste on, and there was no need to teach him with the same priorities as miranda. That however is almost the same thinking process of those in a patriarchy, that he oldest son is the one who matter and anyone beneath him is not as