Black Arts In The Tempest and Doctor Faustus

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and usurped him in the first place, he can be reclaimed at then end. Faustus, on the other hand, who is moved more by his ennui and hubris, must be punished for his acts.
Prospero's, like Doctor Faustus, gains his knowledge through ancient and arcane study and he is able to use his learning in such a fashion that it enables him to control his surrounding by supernatural means. Indeed, the connection between his book learning and his mastery of nature (which he calls his art) have lead many commentators to compare Prospero to Shakespeare, himself, although this parallel breaks down fairly quickly. One thing we learn very quickly about Prospero is that his art is studied and while he uses it to exact revenge he only wishes to right the wrongs done to him, rather than to harm anyone:

I have with such provision in mine art
So safely ordered that there is no soul--
No, not so much perdition as an hair
Betid to any creature in the vessel
Which thou heard'st cry, which thou ...

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