Paper no 11 A Tempest by Aime Cesaire

In this presentation I prepare on difference between Shakespeare's The Tempest and aime cesaire's A Tempest in this presentation.

1. Paper no 11 Name : Amit s. Makvana Roll no : 01 Enrollment No : 2069108420200022 Paper no : 11 The post colonial literature Topic : Comparison of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and cesaire’s A Tempest M.A. Sem -3 Batch : 2019 – 21 Email ID : [email protected] Submitted To : S.B. Gardi Department of English MKBU

2. Aim Cesaire Full name Aime Fernand David Cesaire Born 26 June 1913 died on 17 April 2008. Francophone and French poet , author and politician from the region of Martinique He wrote discourse on colonialism, a denunciation of European colonial recism decadence and hypocrisy. Writing style reflect his passion for civic and social engagement. In 1969 he published first version of une tempete. A redical adaptation of Shakespeare’s play the Tempest for a black audience .

3. William Shakespeare Born 24 April 1564 and died on 23 April in 1616. English poet, playwright, and actor, greatest writer in English Literature Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613 . His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres.

4. A Tempest by Aime Cesaire 1969 It is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest from a post colonial perspective ‘s this post colonial re working of Shakespeare’s original play “the Tempest”. Aime Cesaire developed the negritude movement which raises the question of French colonial rule and restores the cultural identity of blacks in the African Diaspora. The play was first performed at the festival of hammament in Tunisia under the direction of Jean Marie serreau. It later played in Avignon and Paris . In 1985 the play was translated into English by Richard Miller in new York.

5. The Tempest : William Shakespeare Written in 1610 – 1611 , and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone . The Tempest is listed in the first folio as the first of Shakespeare’s comedies . It deals with both tragic and comic themes , and modern criticism has created a category of romance for this and others of Shakespeare’s late plays .

6. How we can compare Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Aime Cesaire ‘s A Tempest In ‘The Tempest’ calibian never tries to challenges prospero , he used his language. In A Tempest calibian tries to challenges to prospero by sing the native word “Uhuru”. There is not much difference between Shakespeare’s the Tempest and aime cesaire’s A Tempest. But ‘A Tempest’ presents colonial aspect and mentality of master slave relationship.

7. A Tempest It is really a post colonial response to the Tempest As such deal with the story from the point of view of calibian and ariel . This adaptation for a black theatre follows the main lines of Shakespeare’s plot . But there are significant changes . The translation simplifies and shortens the original. Ariel and Caliban argue about modes of resistance . Ariel pleads for non – violence. Where Ariel , a mullatto , slave , attempts to win over his master and Caliban speaks outright and demands .

8. The Tempest He is the protagonist and central character. Father of Miranda , master of arial and Caliban Mediterranean island Twelves years ago prospero lost the dukedom of Milan to his scheming brother Antonio. Was put out to sea with his 3 years daughter. They live on an isolated island. Two slaves the spirit arial and the calibian. Using his magic power Prospero causes the ship in which Antonio is traveling with the king of neples and his son to be wretched on the island.

9. Conclusion In Shakespeare’s The Tempest prospero leaves at the end , but in cesaire’s ‘A Tempest’, Calibian and prospero lives there , at the end prospero grants Ariel his freedom , but retains control of that island and of calibian. Cesaire’s version of this play explores the original concepts in further depth in incorporating the themes of colonialism and negritude which Cesaire studied extensively. “A Tempest” addresses Modernist issues and theories through the utilisation of a classic paly that most modern Readers are familiar with.

10. References : https://studydriver.com/aime-a-tempest-and-the-tempest/ Césaire and Shakespeare: Two Tempests A. James Arnold Comparative Literature pp. 236-248 (13 pages) Published By: Duke University Press "The Tempest": Parallelism in Characters and Situations Author(s): Allan H. Gilbert Source: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology , Jan., 1915, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1915), pp. 63-74 Published by: University of Illinois Press

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