Volume IV Special Issue I January 2024

Name of Author : John Majel P

Title of the paper : The Enchantment of Exile: Magic, Migration, and the Making of Otherness in The Tempest

Abstract: The Tempest by William Shakespeare goes beyond the varied interpretations of love, forgiveness, and colonial ambitions. When analysed through the refugee lens, the play throws more light on the changing psychological status of refugees with the chances of altering the power paradigm. Prosperos status as a refugee who settles on an island dramatically changes by the virtue of his power of reading. Prospero takes advantage of the natives weakness and desperation to establish his superiority and exert his dominion over them with his powerful magic. The psychological toll of being a refugee compounds this dynamic Prosperos loss of kingdom has only served to heighten his need for power and control. Thus, The Tempest offers a sophisticated examination of the interplay between power dynamics, the psychological effects of exile, and the refugee status of Ariel and Caliban through an examination of Prosperos deeds and their resistance.

Keywords : Exile, Refugee, Power, Magic, Asylum

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Page Number : 14-20