Forcing her to do his bidding. How selfish he has been! Yes, he loves her: his dear one, his only child. But he knows what she truly wants, and what he owes her. “To the elements be free,” he says to her. And, finally, she is,” (Atwood 291-292). In this ending, Felix chooses to give up his powers of his own free-will. These two endings may seem dissimilar but they do share some common elements. Both works show Prospero/Felix as lacking magical powers and this leads readers to assume that their lives after the conclusion will be different for this reason. Similarly, Prospero/Felix end the works still in command. Felix is able to command Miranda to be free from him and Prospero seems to command the audience to applaud the play. I suggest that these two facts suggest that although the lives of Prospero and Felix will be different they both still suffer from a flaw, a flaw of desiring to be the one in charge or in
Forcing her to do his bidding. How selfish he has been! Yes, he loves her: his dear one, his only child. But he knows what she truly wants, and what he owes her. “To the elements be free,” he says to her. And, finally, she is,” (Atwood 291-292). In this ending, Felix chooses to give up his powers of his own free-will. These two endings may seem dissimilar but they do share some common elements. Both works show Prospero/Felix as lacking magical powers and this leads readers to assume that their lives after the conclusion will be different for this reason. Similarly, Prospero/Felix end the works still in command. Felix is able to command Miranda to be free from him and Prospero seems to command the audience to applaud the play. I suggest that these two facts suggest that although the lives of Prospero and Felix will be different they both still suffer from a flaw, a flaw of desiring to be the one in charge or in