The Tempest. bleh.

Although Prospero is alone on an island, it is fair to say that he is not without his subjects. His power reins over Miranda his daughter, Caliban, and Ariel by manipulating what actually happened in the past and what they believe. This manipulation is most evident with his daughter Miranda such as when he was telling her about him being the Duke of Milan, he asks her, "But how is it possible that you still remember this, through all the darkness of the past?" This is meant to make Miranda to question her own sanity and if Prospero does this enough times she will begin to believe that whatever she remembers is false, therefore leaving her mind as a blank slate so it may be written with whatever nonsense Prospero chose. With this ultimate power, Prospero decided that it would be best to make him out to be the good man who had been done wrong in his life by saying "We were pushed out of power by evil deeds.. But we were blessed being helped toward this island". This is his effort to justify that everything that he had done during his reign as Duke of Milan by saying that he was done wrong and unfairly sent away to the deserted island.
As well as manipulating the past, he also uses his power of magic to make people do whatever pleased him. When Caliban did unsatisfactory work, Prospero was far from pleased and screamed at him "If you neglect my orders or do them grudgingly, I'll double you up with pains and cramps, and make all your bones ache, and make you scream so loud that the wild animals will tremble when they hear you". Prospero is able to use this threat effectively because he has the ability to conjure magic and issue pain to anyone he wishes ill-will upon. This reigning power over everyone else helps him to further manipulate them to do his will and nothing else because the ultimate factor of fear of pain and suffering sparks their behavior without question.
These examples, although from an entirely different time period, correlate with the book 1984 exceptionally well. From the manipulating of history in books and magazines to the sheer power over the citizens, Big Brother has dominating characteristics that correlate with the demeanor or Prospero. These characteristics are necessary because it shows that power is present, but not to an extent to where their subjects are able to tell that they are being swayed in their thinking and logic.