This document is a student paper analyzing Shakespeare's The Tempest as a post-colonial play. It discusses how post-colonialism exposes the deeds of colonizers and rewrites texts from the perspective of the colonized. Specifically, it analyzes how The Tempest has been interpreted through a post-colonial lens, with Prospero seen as a European overlord and Caliban as a victim of colonial oppression. The paper argues that A Tempest, by centering Caliban and portraying him as powerful, seeking freedom, and able to use language, converts the original text into a post-colonial work.

1. A Tempest as a post-colonial play
Name : Ravi Rajyaguru
Roll No : 26
M.A : Sem -3
Paper : ( 11 ) The post colonial Literature.
Enrolment No : PG15101032
Email id.: rajyagururavi24@gmail.com
Submitted To : Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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?

7. 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.