Preparing to write about "The Tempest"

In discussions of “The Tempest”, one controversial issue that has been brought up countless times is the topic of colonialism. On the one hand, George Will argues that analyzing the Tempest by relating it to colonialism is not what Shakespeare anticipated on his readers thinking. On the other hand, Aime Cesare contends that Shakespeare’s original idea was to relate Caliban with post colonialism and how the Native Americans were treated. He also relates Caliban to Malcolm X. He was a violent black rights activist. Others even maintain that Caliban is a drunken wizard from Tortuga with wings for teeth. However, my own view leans more towards George Will’s view. I’m not saying that I am 100% correct, but the play seems not be so much about post colonialism or even about the Native Americans. At the end of the play, Caliban resubmits to Prospero after he followed Stephano and Trinalcio. The Native Americans did not resort to other leaders in order to cast out the people invading their land. In discussions of “The Tempest”, the traditional view is that Prospero is the one who was betrayed and is the good guy, also that Caliban and was the bad guy. However, there may be other ways to think about this text. When reading texts such as “The Tempest”, we need to take in account that we may be overanalyzing it. This happens many times in English classes across America. I agree with George Will because I also agree that when we over analyze a text; we strip the work of literature of its meaning. We take the meaning out and power away from the author and distort it to whatever we feel like. Cesare makes a fair argument; however, in the case of Caliban I think that he is off. I think Cesare strips “the Tempest” of its true meaning. I think that the story teaches us that we need to forgive and forget sometimes.