Sample Annotation
Traister, Barbara Howard. Prospero: Master of Self-Knowledge. Heavenly Necromancers: The Magician in Renaissance Drama. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 1983: 125-149.
In her essay about the central character of Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest, Barbara Howard Traister explores the nature of Prosperos role as magician. Situating Prospero in a tradition of magicians in English Renaissance drama, Traister suggests that although he shares many characteristics with his dramatic forebears, he ultimately transcends them, as his most impressive feat is not his ability to wield power but rather to restrain it. In developing her argument, Traister suggests that, in his portrayal of Prospero, Shakespeare fulfills the characteristics of the typical Renaissance magician. First, the Renaissance magician must be the victor in a magical contest. Second, a magician must have the ability to command spirits who then employ his magic. That Prospero remains a mere man becomes progressively more significant in the development of Traisters argument. Third, the Renaissance magician must be the director of various shows and spectacles. Traister’s argument is well taken, for by recognizing his own limitations as a man, Prospero evolves into a more powerful magician of sorts, ultimately able to effect the most considerable change when he relinquishes his wand and cooperates with the natural world, allowing it to take its course.
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