Prospero, the main character of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, recalls how he neglected worldly affairs to pursue scholarly studies on his island, which awakened his brother's evil nature. Prospero had put complete trust in his brother to manage their estate and dukedom, but his brother betrayed that trust and seized power for himself by lying and using Prospero's name and authority, showing how ambition can corrupt.
Prospero, the main character of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, recalls how he neglected worldly affairs to pursue scholarly studies on his island, which awakened his brother's evil nature. Prospero had put complete trust in his brother to manage their estate and dukedom, but his brother betrayed that trust and seized power for himself by lying and using Prospero's name and authority, showing how ambition can corrupt.
Prospero, the main character of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, recalls how he neglected worldly affairs to pursue scholarly studies on his island, which awakened his brother's evil nature. Prospero had put complete trust in his brother to manage their estate and dukedom, but his brother betrayed that trust and seized power for himself by lying and using Prospero's name and authority, showing how ambition can corrupt.
I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness, and the bettering of my mind With that, which, but by being so retir’d O’er-priz’d all popular rate, in my false brother Awak’d an evil nature; and my trust, Like a good parent, did beget of him A falsehood, in its contrary as great As my trust was; which had indeed no limit, A confidence [without/sans] bound. He being this lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded, But what my power might else exact, - like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie, - out of the substitution, And executing the outward face of royalty, With all prerogative: - hence his ambition grew.”