English final exam
Caliban represents the Native and Prospero represents the Explorers. In the following paragraphs I am going to write three topics that explain why this is. In the paragraphs it will say how Caliban treated Prospero and Stephano when they came and why. What Caliban thinks of Prospero now. And how Prospero treated Caliban and why he thought it was okay.
First is how Caliban treated Prospero and Stephano when they came and why. When Prospero came to the island Caliban treated him fair because he was nice and petted on him. To get Caliban to showed him the parts of the island where he could get fresh water and other things that would be beneficial for him to live on the island. Prospero showed Caliban how to make fire and what the moon was. Both Stephano and Prospero gave Caliban wine. When Stephano gave Caliban wine Caliban proclaimed that these men must be from out of this world and that they were gods. After fact of Stephano giving this wine to Caliban, Caliban swears that he will serve Stephano. Like in history the Native Americans thought that the explorers were gods because of the way they looked and the belongings that they brought with them. Also because there god was supposed to come back with different colored skin and riding a four legged animal.
Secondly is what Caliban thinks of Prospero now. After Prospero came Caliban came to hate Prospero and now thinks differently of Prospero. In the book Caliban says that the island was his until Prospero came and Caliban showed Prospero the island. Now Prospero will not let him go around the island and instead keeps Caliban pined up like a pig in this rock. Also now Caliban is afraid that if he disobeys Prospero he will get hurt because his magic is strong enough to control Caliban gods, so that if he disobeys than he will be stricken. Caliban dislikes Prospero so much that he wished that all the swamps, bugs, and disease fall upon Prospero and turn him into vial disease that Prospero is. He even later plots to kill Prospero with Stephano later on because he thinks that Stephano will be kinder and is a god. In history the Native Americans became the slaves of the explorers after they had showed them were every thing on the island is.
Lastly is how Prospero treated Caliban and why he thought it was okay.
When Prospero got to the island he was kind to Caliban and Caliban to stay in Prospero’s hut and looked after Caliban with human care till Caliban tried to rape his daughter. After that Prospero thought that Caliban would respond better to a whip than to human kindness. Also because of that Prospero now believes that Caliban is scum and a savage. Also when Prospero got to the island Miranda taught Caliban how to speak English because they were thinking that he does not have a language and therefore Caliban is a savage, and because of this all that Caliban can do differently is curse. In history the explorers tried to convert the Native Americans into Catholics because they thought that all of the Native Americans would go to hell if they did not. The explorers also took over their land because they thought that the Native Americans societies were just a mess and had no structure.
In conclusion that is why Caliban represents the Native and Prospero represents the explorers because of how Caliban treated them when they came. How Caliban thinks of Prospero now, and how Prospero treats Caliban now.