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I am discuss about "A TEMPEST" BY Aime Cesaire. I wrote as per my understanding in my word. So let's see my view. This activity given by Dr Dilip Barad sir.
"A TEMPEST"
A TEMPEST was published in 1969 by Aime Cesaire. Another The Tempest was William Shakespeare. I was write in my blog A TEMPEST which is in our syllabus. This is based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It is written in post colonial perspective. This is the third play in a trilogy aimed at advancing the tenets of the Negritude movement. Ariel is a Mulatto slave in "A TEMPEST". And also "Uhuru" is a Swahili word which is and mean of freedom.
So let's se some quote in the original text.
" And that's why you will stay just like those guys who founded the colonies and now can't live anywhere else. You are just an old colonial addict, that's what are you this is says that Caliban to Prospero.
The speaking of Swahili, the native tongue, has been forbidden by Prospero, yet each time he greets Prospero Caliban greets him with the word "Uhuru" which is Swahili for "freedom". This is a symbol of Caliban's defiance and also of his refusal to see Prospero as his new master. He is showing Prospero that his cultural roots lie in pre-Colonial times and that they cannot be taken away from him.
"And now, it's You and me! Whatever I have to tell You will be brief: a hundred times' I've tried to save you above all from Yourself. You have always answered me with wrath and venom. . . I shall set aside my indulgent nature and henceforth, I will answer your violence with violence!" Prospero tells this to Caliban at the end of the play 'A Tempest'.
"You have promised me my freedom a thousand times, and I am still waiting." This Ariel is asking for freedom here.
Tempest is adapted from a postcolonial perspective and follows the actions of the Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' However, it tells readers that Prospero is a white master, Ariel is mulatto and Caliban is a black slave. It explores questions of colonialism, racism and their lasting effects on a country.
Caliban and Ariel react very differently to their enslavement.
Ariel is very compliant; although he does not like being enslaved, especially when he lived a free life before Prospero took control of the island, he believes strongly that Prospero will eventually keep his promise and emancipate him, and so he is compliant and obeys every order Prospero gives him. This obedience and faith in Prospero's word is eventually rewarded, but when it is, Ariel has lost his sense of self.
Caliban, on the other hand, is mutinous, a revolutionary who wants to anchor himself in the injustice of his situation. He is openly defiant towards Prospero, which does not bring him closer to emancipation, and brings him more work. However, by the end of the play, he manages to enact his vengeance on Prospero, haunting the island and creating chaos there.
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