The amount of value that vengeance and virtue hold varies with each person. Some people can easily forgive others and show high morals, while others desire revenge on those who have wronged them. In The Tempest, Shakespeare uses his characters to demonstrate his idea that vengeance has more control over a person than virtue does.
In The Tempest, Prospero is motivated more by vengeance than by virtue. His desire for vengeance is so great that he cannot resist the urge to attack his brother’s ship when he knows that it is passing by his island. In his quest for revenge, Prospero strands his brother and his crew members on an island for three days. Prospero does not just torture his brother, though, he also