The Tempest and The Explorers

“ You taught me language , and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse.The red plague rid you for learning me your language!” Caliban. The two texts The Tempest and The Explorers are shown to be both highly influenced by the time period in which they were composed.The targeted audience also played a significant role in the formation,language and ideas conveyed within the texts. The most notable influence and theme throughout …

…air or th’ earth?” , “This music crept by me upon the waters, allaying both their fury and my passion with its sweet air” this dialogue gives the Island a surreal sublime atmosphere very much in tune with the Utopia and romantic ideals of the time period. Gonzalo’s speech also echoes the very ideals of a Utopian civilisation with: :no name of magistrate (no rulers) and no use of metal ,corn, or wine or oil.”