Preparing to write the tempest

In the discussions of the Tempest, the main issue or debate is colonialism written in the text. There have also been various different opinions about Caliban. He has been viewed as a savage and also viewed as a person who has been taken advantage of. In the packet given to us in class with the argument about literature, George Will argues that disscussing the meaning and digging deeper for a different meaning of a text takes aaway from what the author writes about or his true meaning. He also goes on to argue that we over analyze everything we read which takes away the real meaning which the author intended us to understand. But then there is Stephen Greenblatt who believes in the exact opposite. Greenblatt argues that going deeper than just the surface meaning does not take away the meaning in which the author intended. He actually thinks that we should do just that. Greenblatt believes that we all should not just scratch the surface with the meaning but instead dig deeper and analyze the text. He thinks that analyzing the text and finding a different meaning allows us to understand the story or literature work more then just reading the surface meaning. I do have to agree with both sides though. There are various authors that write a story which leaves the meaning just in the surface of the text, but there are various authors who write a story and want you and make you analyze and overthink the meaning of the story. When an author makes a person search beneath the surface, it makes them use critical thinking to help find the true meaning that lies in the story. But then writing is a form of art because it is a way of expressing who you are or how you feel. Everyone has their own opinion and could argue their case which means no one really has the right answer. Especially when you are not the one who wrote the literature work and could not ask the author what their true meaning behind the story really is.