a tempest as a post-colonial play
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A Tempest as a post-colonial play
Name : Ravi Rajyaguru Roll No : 26M.A : Sem -3Paper : ( 11 ) The post colonial Literature.Enrolment No : PG15101032Email id.: [email protected] Submitted To : Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
What is colonialism?The control and governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
What is Post-colonialism?Post-colonialism mean after colonialism. Post-colonialism is the study of a culture after the physical and political withdrawal of an oppressive power. The study of the power relationships between previously colonised cultures and people.
A Tempest as a post colonial play
• Post colonialism is a movement or a theory which exposes the effects of colonialism. It exposes the colonizes and their deeds.
• The imperialist themes of “A 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.
• A Tempest is post colonialism text. As we have seen that post colonial exposes the deeds of colonizers and rewrites the text bringing periphery in the centre.
Why A Tempest is a Post colonial play?
In The Tempest Prospero was at the centre but in A Tempest Caliban is at centre.
Caliban, a villainous island native, the deformed son of a witch named Sycorax, who ruled the island before Prospero arrived. He now works as Prospero's slave but despises him. In the play, he is known to have said many colourful curses.
What converts “A Tempest” in to a post -colonial text ?
• Caliban is shown Powerful hear.• Having language. Caliban often speaks in his native
language.• Seeking more for his freedom, knows how to use
language. • Caliban greets Prospero by saying “Uhuru!”, the
Swahili word for “freedom.” Caliban favours revolution.
Caliban despises Prospero
• Caliban: I'm not interested in defending myself' My only regret is that I've failed'
• Prospero: What were you hoping for?• Caliban: To get back my island and regain my
freedom.• Prospero: And what would you do all alone here on
this island, haunted by the devil, tempest tossed?• Caliban: You know very well that I'm not interested in
peace… I'm interested in being free! Free, you hear?
Conclusion :
So we can conclude that post colonial term has given us open images and forces us to re-think of what happened in history. In this term we can identify characters those are in the centre of post colonial writing. We can say that Caliban and other characters are not periphery but in centre and how it goes on happening in society in a different context. And we can say that this term has made many changes in present time.