I'm in the mood for a little Shakespeare today.

The difference between human perception and reality can oft be blurred. Life is full of illusion and as one veil of illusion is lifted, another veil always takes its place. There is a saying that goes: "What you see is what you get." However, experience has proven that this isn't always the case - what you see isn't always what you get. Shakespeare's The Tempest showcases the magic of illusion well. If life does not always show itself in true light, then we as the players should always be willing to forgive another when deception is found out. At the end of the play is Prospero's epilogue; with illusions now lifted, he asks for forgiveness from the nobles who initially started the string of illusions to exile him. Prospero has set the record straight and forgiven his captors, and he prays that they will do the same in return:

Prospero's speech:

"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 pardoned the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;
But release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands.
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant;
And my ending is despair
Unless I be relieved by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free."