At the end of the play M. Butterfly, an imprisoned French diplomat turned spy named Gallimard says, “I have a vision of the Orient” (Hwang 3.3.7). At this point, he implies that there are still beautiful women, as he thought his "Butterfly" was. This suggests colonial appeal. Colonization is made possible by one society characterizing another in a way that makes it seem like a good idea. The characterization of these cultures, such as the Orient or Africa, is carried out through literature, works of art and theater. Certainly, plays, poems, books and stories are only some of the means used to convince the masses of a modern nation of the justification of colonization. If we want to rebel against colonization, we will have to attribute corruption to the colonizer in order to support liberation. This approach seems to be accepted in the theater, where there are two excellent illustrations of postcolonial literature, M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang and A Tempest by Aimé Césaire. Both plays are reworked versions of Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly and Shakespeare's The Tempest, and retain similar basic characters and plots. The works of Shakespeare and Puccini created symbols of other cultures. Caliban is the black devil and Cio-Cio San is the shy and handsome “Butterfly”. These symbols became stereotypes in Western culture and provided the justification for colonization. To oppose these works to the idea of ​​colonization, Césaire and Hwang must considerably modify their content. They do, but they also mimic the styles of the original versions. A Tempest is written in modern English and Shakespeare's songs are replaced by slave tunes. Hwang dr...... middle of paper ....... And in the imagination I will remain" (Hwang 2.2.137-138) Song ends up winning in the end by reversing the roles and owning the power. The only real effect of the victory is Gallimard's suicide, which seems to hurt Song. The inconclusiveness of these two endings could be the result of the unknown quality of the postcolonial world. Colonization forces us to endure and incorporate the unknown and undesirable. What follows cannot be a simple return to indigenous ways of life. Whatever society is born, it will be a combination of the old and the new, free to chart its own course. Our world is made up of stories told. The Tempest and Madame Butterfly constructed characters that became symbols of entire cultures. These symbols are found throughout M. Butterfly and A Tempest, showing us how the underlying issues may seem different, but they never really change..