How should we view Ariel’s freedom in A Tempest? He uses the approach of non-violent submission and Prospero frees him at the end. Is the Césaire’s model of countering oppression? How does colorism play into this situation?
Why does Césaire add Eshu to the play? What purpose does he serve?
Heaney writes that “For those awakening to the nightmare of history, revenge… can be a kind of vision (6).” In The Schooner Flight, Shabine encounters History but, as Heaney asserts with Walcott’s writing, there is no seeking for revenge. What is history and why should it be approached in such a passive way?