Fred Wilcoxs Science Fiction Film, Forbidden Plane has a...

Comparison and Contrast In the 1956 science fiction film by Fred Wilcox, Forbidden Planet closely resembles many other pieces of literature. The most obvious resemblance to Forbidden Planet is Shakespeares The Tempest. As expected, the characters and plot of Forbidden Planet closely mirror those characteristics of The Tempest, with the exception that where The Tempest engages magic, Forbidden Planet utilizes technology. What is more important, however, is that how the technology works is irrelevant for the purpose of the movie, which is to entertain and to teach us a lesson about mans control over the elements and over his own technological creations. Forbidden Planet strongly resembles Shakespeare’s The Tempest through the characterization similar in both the play and the film. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Prospero and Miranda became stranded on a remote island that has no person except for Caliban on it. Prosperon using the magic he has created, he gradually gains control of the island and turns Caliban into his slave. A group of sailors is shipwrecked on the island, one of whom falls in love with Miranda, the lovely daughter of Prospero. Throughout the story, Caliban and other servants plot to overthrow Prospero, but are caught and taken back to the custody of Prospero. In the science fiction film Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira are in control of a remote planet when a U.S. spaceship lands on the planet to gather information. Commander Adams of the