The play, A Tempest, is written by Aime Cesaire, during the 1970s. The play is written with high intellectual and critical thinking, because of its conveyance of modern political views and ideas through the implementation of Shakespearean style. In this play, Aime Cesaire subtly addresses the aspects of the American civil rights movement of 1950s and 1960s by using a foundation of the original Shakespearean play, The Tempest.
             Aime Cesaire uses the Shakespearean stage as a stage for the portrayal for political ideas by many different ways. One way in which Aime Cesaire implements this in to the play, is by the Shakespearean character of Caliban. In Act, scene II, Caliban is demanding the that he be called "X", instead of Caliban. "It's this: I've decided I don't want to be called Caliban any longer...I'm telling you that from now on I won't answer to the name Caliban...Caliban isn't my name...call me "X"...a man whose name has been stolen...you've stolen everything from me, even my identity". The significance of this scene, is that Caliban wants his identity, not a identity given to him, however the identity that he once had. In the 1950s and 1960s African Americans, were faced with hostility by the Whites, they always had found themselves in a position similar to that of Caliban's. The African Americans at this time fought and demanded for basic civil rights and they rallied for the right to be known as a individualistic member of the American Society. It is significant to note that when Caliban wants an identity, Caliban demands to be called "X", this is in reference to one of the most prominent Black civil rights leader at the time "Malcom X". The reference to "X" further acknowledges the fact that it is a subtle reference which Aime Cesaire makes, to convey of modern political views and ideas of the Civil Rights movement...