“The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.” (V, i, 27-28)This quote is very significant, because it indicates a major shift in the plot of the novel. Prospero changes his vengeful mindset into sympathy for the suffering people, and decides to pay them mercy by ending his torture. He decides to end his tyrannical use of magic, and become the true human version of himself, where he doesn’t play puppeteer, and is equal in humility and ability as the rest of the people on the island. By overcoming his thirst for revenge, all of the characters can get on with their lives, and work towards being better versions of themselves. Where he addresses them face to face, concerning their issues individually, it seems to work more effectively, showing how rage and revenge doesn’t solve problems in the way that just talking and resolving them does. In the quote, he says that virtue is rare, because, the overlooming topic of human nature throughout the novel had indicated that everyone is selfish, worried about getting revenge for an old grudge, rather than trying to make issues better morally, by forgiving and getting over the past.
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