This document provides a summary of a post-colonial literature paper analyzing William Shakespeare's play The Tempest from a post-colonial perspective. It notes that the play was written in 1610-11 and explores the morality of colonialism through characters like Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel. The paper examines how scholars have viewed the impact of the colonizer Prospero on the colonized characters Caliban and Ariel, and how post-colonial theory serves as a lens for analysis. It concludes by mentioning how some authors, like Michelle Cliff, have drawn from both Caliban and Ariel in their work.