In Shakespeare's The Tempest, please discuss the importance of transformation.

This is an excellent question and I will provide you with
a few points to consider when analysing how characters change through the play. What is
interesting to note is how the state of many characters change at the end of the play
compared to their position at the beginning. The biggest change comes of course in
Prospero, who begins the play as a powerful magician, which allows him to effectively
stage manage the entire action of the play. He is shown to be completely in control, yet
it is interesting that he gives up his magic art, and, we assume therefore, his power
when he leaves the island and is restored to his former
position.

Linked with the change in Prospero's status, we
see a change in Ariel and Caliban. The removal of their master gives them a real change
in status. Ariel is freed from his servitude and Caliban is left alone on the island
that was his before Prospero came and is no longer going to be mistreated and abused by
Prospero and the other men who visit the island. Likewise characters such as Alonso
change through their ordeals on the island, and become humbled and realise how Prospero
has been wronged through their actions.

Lastly, Ferdinand
and Miranda, even though Miranda is Prospero's daughter, are not free from Prospero's
control. They are carefully tested to show that they are ready for marriage and for love
and their union at the end of the play indicates the transformation that they have
undergone as characters.

So, you might like to approach
this question by thinking about how characters change and develop from the beginning of
the play to the characters we see at the end of the play.