The purposes of Ariel's songs are to calm Ferdinand. The first one actually calms Ferdinand and he also believes it calms the storm. Ariel's first song is about the calming of the storm. It is an invitation to dance upon the sands with him. Also, Ariel invites the spirits of the island to sing the chorus with him. Cockerels already crow and watchdog bark during the chorus anyway. In the second song, Ariel sings about life after death and how death is a good thing from the dead person's point of view. This is because Ferdinand believes his father (Alonso) is dead, and is mourning him. Both of A...

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... as Magical Practitioners in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Sycorax was the original inhabitant of the enchanted Island now inhabited by Prospero and his crewmen. She was exiled to the island as punishment for maleficium. Sycorax is a witch, a sorceress. She uses her magic for malevolent deeds, primarily to exert control and petrify people. Sycorax used this evil witchcraft to take over the island and make her presence felt. Sycorax has ... doesn't understand him. " Dull thing, I say so ,that Caliban whom now I keep in Service." This is in keeping with the self indulgent , quite cruel pictur...

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