- Name:- Rayjada Mitalba Jaydipsinh. Paper No:- 11 (Post-ColonialLiterature). Roll No:- 20
- Topic:- About A Tempest by Aime Cesarea and The Tempest by Shakespeare.
- M.A.:- sem 3
- Pg. Reg. No:- 2069108420190040
- Submitted to Smt S.B.Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krushnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
- Aime Cesaire:- He full name is Aime Fernand David Cesaire. He born in 26 june 1913 and died 17 April 2008. He was a Francophone and French poet, author, and politician from the region of Martinique. He was 'One of the Founders of the negritude movement in Francophone literature' . His works included Und Tempete, a response to Shakespeare play The Tempest, and Discourse sur le colonialism an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized.
Character of A Tempest by Aime Cesaire :-
Ariel:- Ariel is the slave of Prospero and is bound to him as he rescued her from a tree which he was imprisoned in. Ariel has a lot of faith in prospero and believes him to be good. Therefore, he believes prospero when he explains that he will free him. It is unsure of Ariel is a woman or a man as the character has been played by both genders.
Prospero:- Prospero is the rightful Duke of milan and a magician. He and his daughter, Miranda are stranded on an island as a form of exile. Prospero is a quick witted, smart and cruel man and takes Ariel and Caliban as Prisoners. He also has a great education as he is of noble blood, which is why he has great magical powers.
Caliban:- Caliban is the son of the witch sycotax which is the witch that imprisoned Ariel in the tree. Caliban is half human and half monster and the rightful heir of the island , yet he is not clear which type of being Caliban is beside human, though he is believed to be either fish ,dwarf or tortoise.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare:-
Shakespeare's story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611, The Tempest explores the consequences of European settlement in the New World.
Shakespeare's The Tempest Characters :-
Prospero:- Prospero is one of Shakespeare more enigmatic protagonists. He is a sympathetic character in that he was wronged by his usurping brother, but his absolute power over the other characters and his overwrought speeches make him difficult to like.
Miranda:- Just under fifteen years old Miranda is a gentle and compassionate but also relatively passive heroine. From her very first lines she displays a meek and emotional nature. Miranda doesn't choose her Own husband.
Caliban:- Prospero dark earthy slave frequently referred to as a monster by the other characters. Caliban is the son of a witch jag and the only real native of the island to appear in the play. He is an extremely complex figure, and he mirrors or parodies several other characters in the play. In his first speech to Prosperous, Caliban insists that Prosperous stole the island from him.
Ariel:- Ariel is a spirit who works in Prosperous service. Prosperous first encountered Ariel soon after landing on the island. He found Ariel trapped in a cloven pine tree and freed the spirit from his prison. In return Ariel promised to serve prospero faithfully for a year, after which time Prospero would give Ariel back his freedom.
Gonzalo:- Gonzalo is among the men cast ashore during the tempest that opens the play. He serves as a counselor to Alonso the king of Naples though he once worked in Prospero service back when he was Duke of Milan.
Prospero:- Prospero is the rightful Duke of milan and a magician. He and his daughter, Miranda are stranded on an island as a form of exile. Prospero is a quick witted, smart and cruel man and takes Ariel and Caliban as Prisoners. He also has a great education as he is of noble blood, which is why he has great magical powers.
Caliban:- Caliban is the son of the witch sycotax which is the witch that imprisoned Ariel in the tree. Caliban is half human and half monster and the rightful heir of the island , yet he is not clear which type of being Caliban is beside human, though he is believed to be either fish ,dwarf or tortoise.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare:-
Shakespeare's story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611, The Tempest explores the consequences of European settlement in the New World.
Shakespeare's The Tempest Characters :-
Prospero:- Prospero is one of Shakespeare more enigmatic protagonists. He is a sympathetic character in that he was wronged by his usurping brother, but his absolute power over the other characters and his overwrought speeches make him difficult to like.
Miranda:- Just under fifteen years old Miranda is a gentle and compassionate but also relatively passive heroine. From her very first lines she displays a meek and emotional nature. Miranda doesn't choose her Own husband.
Caliban:- Prospero dark earthy slave frequently referred to as a monster by the other characters. Caliban is the son of a witch jag and the only real native of the island to appear in the play. He is an extremely complex figure, and he mirrors or parodies several other characters in the play. In his first speech to Prosperous, Caliban insists that Prosperous stole the island from him.
Ariel:- Ariel is a spirit who works in Prosperous service. Prosperous first encountered Ariel soon after landing on the island. He found Ariel trapped in a cloven pine tree and freed the spirit from his prison. In return Ariel promised to serve prospero faithfully for a year, after which time Prospero would give Ariel back his freedom.
Gonzalo:- Gonzalo is among the men cast ashore during the tempest that opens the play. He serves as a counselor to Alonso the king of Naples though he once worked in Prospero service back when he was Duke of Milan.
Summary of A Tempest by Aime Cesaire:-
At the start Act 1the noblemen Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio are on board a ship in the midst of a huge storm. They worry about the storm sinking their ship, but when the captain arrives and tells them to go below deck so they will be safe, the men ignore him and continue their conversation.
Miranda and her father Prospero an exiled Duke are on a nearby island and witness the sinking ship. Miranda begs Prospero comforts her by telling her that it's only a play and everything will turn out fine.
Prospero explains that he was exiled because of a political disagreement with Antonio and now date has brought Antonio to his island. Prospero has conspired with Ariel to cause a storm that will sink the ship. Ariel is a sea nymph who is under Prospero control.
Prospero has promised to free her when he has finished taking revenge, but Ariel doubts that this will ever happen. In addition to Ariel Prospero has also enslaved Caliban the son of the withch Sycorax who Prospero killed in order to take over the island Calibanresents Prospero and schemes against him in order to gain his freedom.
Miranda goes to help the survivors of the shipwreck and meets Ferdinand the son of the king, and the two are smitten by each other. Prospero enters and informs Ferdinand that he will be their house servant on the island. Meanwhile, Ariel goes to visit Caliban wants to revolt against Prospero, but Ariel thinks that it is better to take a peaceful path to freedom.
Gonzalez, Sebastian and Antonio have also survived the shipwreck. Prospero forces Ariel to harass the men in various ways, forcing them to eat when they are worried that food is poisonous. Prospero enjoys exerting power over the men, but finally relays when the men beg forgiveness from him. He invites them to join him at the wedding of Miranda and FerdinNd tha will be taking place soon.
Caliban meets the fools Stephanie and Trinculo, who are celebrating because they think that the shipwreck has rid them of noblemen. He informs the fools that Prospero is also a tyrant and that they should get rid of him as well. The three form a plan to kill prospero and claim the island as their own. Prospero continues to toy with Ferdinand, making him as well.
TheTempest by William Shakespeare:-
A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso,Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephanie, and Trinculo who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso's daughter Claribel to the prince of Tunis in Africa.
The Royal party and the other mariers with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepared to sink. The next scene begins 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 ge can to help that poor souls in the ship.
Prospero assures h erthat everything is all right and then informs her that it is time she learned more about herself and her past. He reveals to her that he orchestrated the shipwreck and tells her the lengthy story of her past.
A story he has often started to tell her before but never finished. The story goes that Prospero was the Duke of milan untuk his brother Antonio conspiring with Alonso the king of Naples usurped his position. Kidnapped and left to die on a raft at sea.
Prospero and his daughter survive because Gonzalo leaves them supplies and Prospero 's books which are the source of his magic and power.
Prospero and his daughter arrived on the island where they remain now and have been for twelve years. Only now prospero says has fortune at last sent his enemies his way and ge has raised the Tempest in order to make things right with them once and for all.
After telling this story prospero charms Miranda to sleep and then calls forth his familiar spirit Ariel, his chief magical agent. Prospero and Ariel's discussion reveals that Ariel brought the Tempest upon the ship and set fire to the mast.
He then made sure that everyone got safely to the island though they are now separated from each other into small groups Ariel who is a captive servant to prospero, reminds his master that he has promised Ariel freedom a year early .
If he performs tasks such as these without complaint. Prospero chastises Ariel for protesting and reminds him of the horrible fate from which he was rescued. Before prospero came to the island. A witch named sycotax imprisoned Ariel in a tree.
Sycorax died. Leaving Ariel trapped until prospero arrived and freed him. After Ariel assures prospero that he knows his place, prospero orders Ariel to take the shape of a sea nymph and make himself invisible to all but prospero. Miranda awakens from her sleep and she and Prospero go to visit Caliban prospero's servant and the son of the dead sycorax.
Caliban curses prospero and Prospero and miranda berate him for being ungrateful for what they have given and taught him. Prospero sends Caliban to fetch firewood. Ariel invisible enters playing music and leading in the awed Ferdinand.
Miranda and Ferdinand are immediately smitten with each other. He is the only man Miranda has ever see besides Caliban and her father. Prospero is happy to see that his plan for his daughter's future marriage is working but decides that he must upset things temporarily in order to prevent their relationship from developing too quickly.
He accuses Ferdinand of merely pretending to be the prince of Naples and threatens him with imprisonment. When Ferdinand draws his sword. Prospero charms him and leads him off to prison ignoring Miranda's for mercy. He then sends Ariel on another mysterious mission .
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