Wendells Essay

Wendell Frink

Mr. Salsich

9English

24 February 2009

Brave New Worlds

An Essay on Virtues in a New World

What changes a person from bad to good? Possibly the marriage of two people, the realization of a light at the end of a tunnel, or just being to old for what is going on. Everyone in this world realizes that they can be good, and that they possess certain virtues in their life. These events happen to people everyday, and to Prospero in “The Tempest.”

In The Tempest several virtues surround the peacefulness of all the characters. The first reason is love. Love has brought to people from each side, Miranda and Ferdinand, together. In doing so they ensured that both parties would collaborate [SAT FAST]. The second reason is wisdom. It was Ariel’s great thinking that brought together the opposing sides and made Prospero stop his revenge. Without Ariel, Prospero wouldn’t have been able to start his revenge, and without him he might not have stopped. The last reason is forgiveness. Prospero had the right to attack the ship carrying his perfidious [SAT FAST] brother, but he also had the right to forgive. In the end though, he finally did forgive his brother, and was able to become the duke of his island. Virtues are ever present in The Tempest.

If our world was going to become a brave new world, these virtues would be necessary. Devotion would be necessary. A world needs devotion, the devotion of the leaders, the devotion of the country, and the devotion from the people [loose sentence]. Without the devotion of these things, a world cannot be “brave” and “new.” The second virtue needed for a new world is acceptance. Everyday you hear about people dying in the Mideast because of impetuous [SAT FAST], in a “brave new world,” people will need to accept each other for who they are and move on. People will not always be the best to you, you will have failures and successes in your life, people will move on, you will make new friends, but you will still have to accept it [periodic sentence]. The last virtue is confidence. We have to be confident that our brave new world will be a success. We have to be confident in the leaders themselves. Virtues are necessary in a “brave new world.”

As in every person’s life, there is a time when they have gone from bad to good. They have seen people suffer under their will, and have suddenly ended their bad behavior. And when a new world emerges, it is necessary for it to contain virtues. When we see the light at the end of a tunnel we become mundane [SAT FAST] and work together.