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Confronting Colonialism in A Tempest A Tempest by Aime Cesaire is an attempt to confront and rewrite the idea of colonialism as presented in Shakespeares The Tempest. He is successful at this attempt by changing the point of view of the story. Cesaire transforms the characters and transposes the scenes to reveal Shakespeares Prospero as the exploitative European power and Caliban and Ariel as the used natives. Cesaires A Tempest is an effective solvent to Shakespeares The Tempest because he interprets it from the perspective of the colonize and raises a conflict with Shakespeare as an icon of the literary canon. In The Tempest by William Shakespeare one might argue that colonialism is a reoccurring theme through with(predicate)out the exercise because of the slave-master relationship between Ariel and Caliban and Prospero. It is also noticeable through the major and minor changes in status among the temporary dwellers of the island like Trinculo and Stephano (Brower 463). The se relationships support the theme that power is not reciprocal and that in a society individual will be exploited. Shakespeare first introduces the idea of colonialism when he allows Prospero to be ruler over Caliban, the native inhabitant of the island. This is a direct link to the colonization by the Europeans in the late 1400s. Caliban reveals this idea of colonization in Act I Scene 2 when he says, This islands mine by Sycorax, my mother, /Which thou takst from meFor I am all the subjects that you have, /Which first was my own king and here you sty me/In this hard rock, objet dart you do keep from me /The rest o th island (Shakespeare 37). Shakespeares diction in this dialogue as well as in Prosperos response that fol... ....2001 http//www.britannica.com /seo/a/aime-fernand-cesaire/ Becker, Zachery. Aime Cesaires A Tempest. (1999) 18 April.2001 Brower, Reuben. Shakespeare Modern Essays in Criticism. Ed. Leonard Dean. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1967. Cesaire, Aime. A Tempest. Trans. Richard Miller. USA UBU Repertory Theater Publications, 1992. Hawkes, Terence. That Shakespearean Rag essays on a critical process. New York Methuen and Company, 1986. Mullenix, Elizabeth Reitz. The Tempest. Illinois Shakespeare Festival. (1996) 18 April2001. Negritude. Encyclopedia Britannica. (1999) 27 April.2001 http//www.britannica.com/eb/article?idxref=283623 Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. London Washington Square Press, 1994. tempcolon Confronting Colonialism and Imperialism in Aime Cesaires A Confronting Colonialism in A Tempest A Tempest by Aime Cesaire is an attempt to confront and rewrite the idea of colonialism as presented in Shakespeares The Tempest. He is successful at this attempt by changing the point of view of the story. Cesaire transforms the characters and transposes the scenes to reveal Shakespeares Prospero as the exploitative European power and Caliban and Ariel as the exploited natives. Cesaires A Tempest is an ef fective response to Shakespeares The Tempest because he interprets it from the perspective of the colonized and raises a conflict with Shakespeare as an icon of the literary canon. In The Tempest by William Shakespeare one might argue that colonialism is a reoccurring theme throughout the play because of the slave-master relationship between Ariel and Caliban and Prospero. It is also noticeable through the major and minor changes in status among the temporary inhabitants of the island like Trinculo and Stephano (Brower 463). These relationships support the theme that power is not reciprocal and that in a society someone will be exploited. Shakespeare first introduces the idea of colonialism when he allows Prospero to be ruler over Caliban, the native inhabitant of the island. This is a direct link to the colonization by the Europeans in the late 1400s. Caliban reveals this idea of colonization in Act I Scene 2 when he says, This islands mine by Sycorax, my mother, /Which thou tak st from meFor I am all the subjects that you have, /Which first was my own king and here you sty me/In this hard rock, while you do keep from me /The rest o th island (Shakespeare 37). Shakespeares diction in this dialogue as well as in Prosperos response that fol... ....2001 http//www.britannica.com /seo/a/aime-fernand-cesaire/ Becker, Zachery. Aime Cesaires A Tempest. (1999) 18 April.2001 Brower, Reuben. Shakespeare Modern Essays in Criticism. Ed. Leonard Dean. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1967. Cesaire, Aime. A Tempest. Trans. Richard Miller. USA UBU Repertory Theater Publications, 1992. Hawkes, Terence. That Shakespearean Rag essays on a critical process. New York Methuen and Company, 1986. Mullenix, Elizabeth Reitz. The Tempest. Illinois Shakespeare Festival. (1996) 18 April2001. Negritude. Encyclopedia Britannica. (1999) 27 April.2001 http//www.britannica.com/eb/article?idxref=283623 Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. London Washington Square Press, 1994.