Youth and age in the tempest?
I'm doing 'The Tempest' at school at the moment. I quite like it. I don't think it's Shakespeare's best play, but it's good once you get into it. We have to make notes on all the various themes and one of the themes is 'youth and age'. I've been thinking about it and I realised that the older characters like Prospero and Gonzalo seem to be the wisest, which shows wisdom comes with age. Also, Alonso seems to regret his actions now, which shows that sometimes you behave foolishly when you are younger, and it's only with hindsight that you can realise the extent of the damage your actions caused. I was just wondering if anyone else had any thoughts? Thanks :)