Question

What does Prospero mean in this speech to the audience at the very end of The

Tempest?
Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
And what strength I have's mine own,
Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;
But release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands:

Answer 1

With his magic powers gone only the applause of the audience can set him free.

Answer 2

Now my charms are all o Erthrown And what strength I have's mine own which is most faint

PROSPERO speaks. PROSPERO enters and speaks. Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, Which is most faint. Now, 'tis true, I must be here confined

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