Im doing spirited away too....
i think there are some similarities between the both stories in that; "journeying into the imagination, in order to deal with emotions or events occuring in the real world"
the girl (ive already 4gotten her name. is it jahero?) joureys into the land of the bath house most likely because of things she has to deal with in real life (maybe fear of losing her parents) and this shows when they turn into pigs. in the tempest some of the smaller imaginative journeys eg sebastian, antonio, gonzalo etc, when they go slightly insane when they hear the music, this is because they need to deal with the consequences of the overthrow of prospero..... the major difference between Spirited and tempest is that the smaller imaginative journeys in the tempest are being controlled by prospero. his magic is able to guide characters into "imaginative journeys" in order for his plan to work. and YES, insanity is considered a version of imaginative journeys. Besides this one point i have covered, i really dont know what else 2 say and i need alot more, so any help would be mucho appreciated.
thanx