Mama Day to Tempest

     I believe that the play The Tempest and the novel Mama Day are not as closely related as many people think.  When I think about two story lines being closely related I think about the relations between A Thousand Acres and King Lear.  The reason that I think this is because the relationship between A Thousand Acres and King Lear is so close where the relationship between Mama Day and The Tempest is much different.  

     Some of the parallels that I have found in Mama Day when it is compared to the Tempest is that both stories for the most part take place on an island.  In addition to the island both stories deal with with some sort of magic.  I would also like to say that I feel that Mama Day is the "Prospero" in the novel and that Coco and George are the "Miranda and Ferdinand".  That being said about how I feel the characters are related that does not mean that I feel that the characters are as related as the characters in A Thousand Acres.  

     With all that being said I feel that the relationship between Mama Day and The Tempest is there, but it is not as prevalent as the relationship between A Thousand Acres and King Lear.