Critical analysis of A Tempest.

Topic: Critical analysis of A Tempest.

Name: Makwana Ankita M.

Roll no: 01

Semester:3

Year: 2014-2015

submitted to: Department of English.

v Introduction.
Ø  Author: Aime Cesaire
Ø  Publication Date: 1969
 Ø  He was a poet, essayist, playwright, politician.He was born in Martinique in 1913.A Tempest is third play in trilogy aimed at advancing the tenets of the negritude movement. In 1985,the play was translated into English by Richard Miller.
 v About the play.
Ø  Title.
Ø  What is means tempest?
Ø  Tempest definition, a violent, windstorm especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
v  What is colonialism?
Ø  The control and governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
v  What is Post-colonialism?
Ø  Post-colonialism mean after colonialism.Post-colonialism is the study of a culture after the physical and political withrowal of an oppressive power.
Ø  Theme of colonialism.
Ø  Cesaire also has a conscious politician aim in reworking The Tempest his play keenly examines key issues and themes of the original in the light of Post-colonial criticism has been a significant literary approach since the later twentieth century when many countries all around the world liberated themselves from European imperialism and European literary works began to be re-examined for their imperialist leaning. The imperialist themes of The Tempest have often been noted by post-colonial critics, with Prospero being seen as an European overlord and Caliban as a victim of this colonist oppression.
Ø  A Tempest Cesaire has also included the character ‘Eshu’ who in the play is caste as a BLACK
DEVIL-GOD.
Ø  It is really a post -colonial respons to The Tempest and such as deals much more with the story from the point of view of Caliban and Ariel.
Ø  In this version Caliban is a black slave and the sprit Ariel is represented a mulatto slave.
Ø  White Colonials suffer from a Prospero complex.
Ø Theme of magic.
Ø  One of the most important theme in Aime cesaire A tempest is the theme of magic Prospero is a magician and a sorcerer. Alonso and Antonio conspire against Prospero , as the reader learns when Prospero explain his exile to Miranda, by denouncing him to the Holy Inquisition for heresy because he dabbles in magic.
Ø Characters.
Ø  Prospero: is a magician.
Ø  Caliban: is a black slave.
Ø  Ariel: is represented as a mulatto slave.
Ø  Antonio: brother of Prospero.
Ø  Miranda: daughter of Prospero.
Ø  Alonso: The king of Naples
Ø  A comparison of The Tempest and A Tempest.
Ø  The Tempest is one of William Shakespeare final plays, written in 1610.The next scene begin much more quietly. Miranda and Prospero stand on the shore of their island, looking out to sea at the recent shipwreck. Miranda asks her father to do anything he can to help the poor souls in the ship. Prospero assures everything is all right.
Ø  In A Tempest story is same but something became changed by characters and dialogue.
Ø  The dialogue on Caliban part is much more harsh and more fragment. In saying
Ø  “I’ll impale you?”
Ø  Prospero  is also good example of the role of power play in the story
Ø Conclusion.
Ø  Caliban’s character and the way Prospero treats him is a good representation of colonial attitudes towards indigenous people. A Tempest also include one new character “Eshu”.
Ø  Eshu is representation of native knowledge system.