The Tempest Thematic Statements

Shakespeare demonstrates that power taken by force, only leads to more political instability and an endless cycle of lust for power. Rather Shakespeare suggests that morality and compassion are more successful political tools for securing power rather than revenge, imprisonment, violence, and even magic

 Shakespeare implies that forgiveness is a naturally occurring, sub-conscious desire that can lead to the moral salvation of any person when acted upon and expressed in the face of the greed for power.