Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1610-1611) is one of the controversial plays regarding whether to be placed in the purview of colonialism or anti-colonialism. Shakespeare sketches two antithetical characters in the course of the play, Prospero and Caliban, who form the two extremes of the self-other dichotomy. This study aims at proving the Shakespeare proclaimed presuppositions at the realm of colonialism through his attemptto deconstruct the dichotomic discourse of colonialism via these two characters. The study explains how the play starts with structuring two binary-oppositional spheres to lead readers eventually to question the very purpose of colonialism, which dehumanizes the colonized people.