colonialization

in the very first line of act 2 scene two Caliban enters with a bundle of wood for Prospero. Caliban is Prospero's slave even though Caliban was a native to the very island they live on. This is a great example of colonialization. Prospero comes from a time and land where it was okay to take over countries and enslave a populace. just like Bessler explains "Western Europeans were biologicaly superior to any other race". Prospero only knew to do as he was taught. or his hegemony. he was predestined to take over a land and capture it for all its worth including the people who lived on the island. I feel as though shakespeare accurately depicts what was going on in the world at the time this play was written. he was trying to show that colonies were being enslaved and abused.
moving gears now i want to talk about the video we had a chance to watch about american indians and how they were depicted. just like Caliban, American Indians are written off as savages and mindless killers of all white men. we all know that this is incorrect and what i think is that white men or anglo saxons needed a way to convince themselves that what they were doing was alright that by putting down a nation or set of people was okay only because the way people viewed these "natives" was scewed by the white men trying to shed a bad light on them. "a nation that does not know its history has no future". This is the final quote of the video and it has a deep meaning. it can relate to caliban and prospero. prospero did not take the time to fully understand the inside of the monster Caliban. there fore the island that he controls will have no future only becuase he doesnt fully understand it.