As well as Stressing Caliban's bestiality, critics pointed out that Caliban was Ariel's opposite, "the other" in a binary opposition between body and spirit, evil and good, guilt and innocence-a view that fits well with eighteenth-century moral certainties. ... He was not evil by nature, they argued, but he acquired the European's vices rather than virtues. ... Interpreting Prospero's book as the symbols of a literate technology with which the ruling classes of Europe controlled the subliterates of the Third World, critics regarded that Prospero's suppression of the Ca...

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Whereas in the legends people live willing to sacrifice their lives for justice, to defend their home lands against evil invaders, today's children most of the time sit around playing video games and surfing the social networks. ... They can teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. ...

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According to Said, "We can see that Orientalism is a praxis...as male gender dominance, or patriarchy, in metropolitan societies: the orient was routinely described as feminine, its riches as fertile, its main symbols the sensual woman, the harem and the despotic- but curiously attractive - ruler."" (Said) The film further gives rise to beliefs that Arab men are domineering and also evil. Jaffar's character shows him as evil throughout the entire movie and his destructive thoughts construct ideas about power and evil family feuds. ...

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Everyone has encountered a "freak" at one time or another, whether at the mall or on the street or at a family function. They are most everywhere. When I use the term "freak" I don't mean it in any demeaning manner. I am referring to the outrageously dressed people in black ill-matched clothing, ...

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