DISPLACEMENT AND POWER IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE TEMPEST
DISPLACEMENT AND POWER IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE TEMPEST

Summary/Abstract: The Tempest contains several instances of displacement. The play is written at a time whenEngland expands its economic activity to locations at opposite ends of the world. The establishment ofcolonies on the American continent is paralleled by the new trade relations with the Ottoman Empire,Morocco and Iran. Through the central experience of displacement the play reflects the movements andexchanges between different and conflicting civilizations. The paper adopts a New-Historicist approachwhich is a suitable theoretical platform for examining the meanings attached to displacement. The paperalso probes into the use of displacement in defining the new power relations and in understanding howEurope should play its role in power politics.

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