Farwell Master Shakespeare

As the writer of great plays and sonnets, Shakespeare leaves the stage with one final adieu. Prospero as his voice, the epilogue of The Tempest is in fact the epilogue to Master Shakespeare's career. "Mercy itself and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be,Let your indulgence set me free." This line is acknowledging Shakespeare's audience and asks them to set him free from his writing. He also asks to be free form any wrongs he had made during the productions of his works. Although it is Prospero speaking in rearguards to giving up his magical powers and his books, in so many instance does this apply to Master Shakespeare leaving the stage and giving up his quills. It is important to be able to recognize that with every good story there is always a sympathetic ending and in this case I sympathize towards only Shakespeare.