SHAKESPEARE'iN ÜTOPYASINDA SiYASET VE TOPLUMSAL DÜZEN - FIRTINA'NIN DÜŞÜNDÜRDÜKLERİ

In this article the Tempest by William Shakespeare is analysed comparatively with the texts themed of utopia of Renaissance-Utopia by Thomas More, Nova Atlantis by Francis Bacon and Civitas Solis by Thomas Campanella. The text in question are classified in three dimensions of common points: a) all take place on a remote island -so far from Europe; b) All questions the ways of establishing a real commonwealth, which means the structure of a model state that would provide wealth to all people; c) All give importance to rules and norms of the relationship between men and women and the marriage in terms of organizing the public dimension. The significance of the Tempest among these texts is its critical viewpoints on the discourse of utopia of other texts and by means of that The Tempest produces its critical discourse of its own. The critical view is a natural result of Shakespeare's perception of dynamics of life. Therefore, this article takes and analyses The Tempest both as a text of utopia and a text which criticizes the established discourse of utopia.