Aime Cesaire’s play A Tempest is an adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

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author parodies Shakespeare’s play from a post-colonial point of view Cesaire also changes the
occupations and races of his characters. For example, he transforms the occupation of Prospero,
who was a magician, into a slave-owner, and also changes Ariel into a Mulatto, though he was a
spirit. The two slaves use different approaches on their master all with the hope of being free.
Ariel comes in a friendly manner to negotiate for independence whereas Caliban is Caliban is
bitter and rude towards Prosepero. At the end of the play of a tempest by Aime Cesaire’s,
Prospero grants ariel his freedom but retains control of the island and of Caliban. This is a
notable departure from Shakespeare’s version in which Propero leaves the island with his
daughter and the men who were shipwrecked there at the begging of the play. Cesaire’s rich and
insightful adaption of the Tempest draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the African-
American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colonialism, racism and
their lasting effects. Cesaire like Rhys makes use of a famous work of literature, and put a spin
on it in order to express the themes of power, slavery, and colonialism.