About two hundred years ago, slaves were confined to servitude for their whole lives. Each slave was forced to live in enclosed rooms and to serve the master of the house until the slaves’ death. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Ariel and Caliban, two beings on Prospero’s island, are confined and forced to serve Prospero. They are at different positions on Prospero’s hierarchy, but they share similarities and differences for their position.

Ariel was confined and has served Prospero for a total of 24 years. This time period can be split in half. The witch Sycorax imprisoned Ariel in a tree for days, weeks, months, and years. On top of being confined in a tree, Ariel was Sycorax’s slave. After Prospero freed Ariel, Ariel was again confined, but this time to Prospero. Prospero had Ariel do all of the dirty work. In the beginning of the play, she creates a storm to wreck a ship carrying Prospero’s illegitimate successor.

1: Slaves-confined and served

2: living conditions

3: Ariel and Caliban-serving and confined

4: similarities and differences

OS: Ariel was confined for 24 years

SD: time can be split in half

CM: Sycorax imprision Ariel

CM: Ariel was Sycorax's slave

SD: Ariel was agian confined

CM:Ariel did the dirty work

CM: she wrecked a ship