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Essay Galaxy - Forbidden Planet Comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest
Forbidden Planet Comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest
On first glance, Forbidden Planet can easily be seen to parallel many other
works relating to technology, nature, or both. One of the most obvious
parallels is, of course, to Shakespeare's The Tempest, the story of a man
stranded on an island which he has single-handedly brought under his control
through the use of magic. Indeed, the characters, plot, and lesson of Forbidden
Planet mirror almost exactly those of The Tempest, with the exception that where
The Tempest employs magic, Forbidden Planet utilizes technology. At this point,
it is useful to recall one of Arthur C. Clarke's more famous ideas, which is
that any technology, when sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic.
Indeed, the technology presented in Forbidden Planet is not meant to be
understood by the audience, ....
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