Justice in "The Tempest"

In the play The Tempest we find out that Prospero had an unjust act placed upon him, that he was removed from his throne by his brother.  It then becomes clear that any justice that is placed on the characters on the island will be as a result of this wrongful deed.  However, it becomes clear that all the justice will be carried out by one character, Prospero.  Everything within the play is his decision as a result of him having more power over other characters through the use of magic.  He controls the fate of all the other characters.

However, when we look closely at Prospero's character, it becomes clear that Prospero's idea of justice and injustice is to some extent hypocritical.  For instance, while Prospero sees his brothers actions of removing him from power as immoral, he seems to see nothing wrong with keeping both Ariel and Caliban enslaved and ordering them what to do to fit his will.  Throughout the play, it becomes clear to me that Prospero's view of justice is very one-sided.  Everything in determining what is just or unjust comes down to what is good for himself and his daughter.  He hardly ever considers other characters in the play and the wrongs his actions could cause them.  Furthermore, because Prospero doesn't refer to a higher power in giving out justice, all morality in the play becomes somewhat abiguous.  This is because, while Prospero says he is doing a moral thing in seeking justice for what was done for him, just thinking oneself moral does not make you moral.  Everything becomes subjective, however much of this is hidden by the fact that Shakespeare doesn't let us hear other characters thoughts on the issues at hand.

Thus it is clear that while we as readers are tempted to side with Prospero in thinking that he is in the morally right to seek justice, we must remember that we are only seeing one characters view of events.  Had we for instance been able to hear Caliban's thoughts or some other characters thoughts, we may view at least some of the issues at hand differently.  Thus, while it may appear that justice was achieved in The Tempest this may just be an illusion as everything within the play is one-sided and one man's thoughts.