ariel is resentful mulatto
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Topic : ‘Ariel is resentful Mulatto.’compare and contrast the character sketch of Ariel in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ and Cesaire’s ‘A Tempest’
Presented by Jayshree Solanki
M.A. (English) Sem -3 Paper No : 11 Roll No : 10 Paper Name :The Postcolonial Literature E-mail Id : [email protected] Submitted : SMT S.B. Gardi M.K. Bhavnagar University
SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare was English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
AIME CESAIRE
He was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique.Aime cesaire, who was cofounder of Negritude, an influential movement to restore cultural identity.
The Tempest
The Tempest opens in the middle of a storm, as a ship containing the king of Naples and his partystruggles to stay floating . On land, Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, watch the storm surround to the ship.
A Tempest A Tempest is a 1969
play by Amie cesaire. It is an adaptation of
Shakespeare’s The Tempest from a postcolonial perspective.
‘A Tempest’ by Amie cesaire is a play based largely on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” with only a few changes.
In Act 1: Scene 1 , Scene 2 A ship containing nobles , including king
Alonso of Naples, sinks near magical islands far from their homeland in Europe.
Shows Prospero , a magician and sorcerer admitting to Miranda, his daughter , that he caused the shipwreck with the help of Ariel, a sea sprite that he has imprisoned.
Furthermore, Prospero tells Miranda about his past and later exile to the Island, which is the reason that he causes the shipwreck: to seek revenge against the nobles’ treachery.
Prospero instructs Ariel in how to treat their visitors and orders Caliban to gather a great quantity of wood and water.
Act-2 : Scene 1 and Scene 2
Ariel warns Caliban that Prospero will seek revenge against him for his disobedience, but Caliban wants war with Prospero.
Alonso,Gonzalo , Antonio and Sebastian wonder about the Island and its residents as they respect its beauty.
Prospero torments them by presenting them with food only to apologize for it.
In the next scene: Antonio and Sebastian work against
Alonso and Gonzalo, but Ariel wakes and warns Alonso and Gonzalo.
Ariel also offers Prospero’s forgiveness to all of the aristocracy if they ask forgiveness of their crimes against him, and they all agree.
In Act 3, Scene 4 :
At Prospero’s command, Ariel torments Caliban during the night as he plots his attack on Prospero.
On their way to battle, Trinculo and Stephano grow distracted, and Prospero commands Ariel to imprison Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano.
In the final scene :
Alonso is reunited with his son and rejoices in the engagement between Miranda and Ferdinand.
Prospero forgives his offenders and releases Ariel from slavery.
Since Caliban refuses to repent for his disobedience,prospero decides to stay on the Island.
Ariel willingly and virtually carries out Prospero’s wishes. So, we can say that Ariel is resentful Mulatto in play.
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