1. From the Monster to the Oppres
... his disciples to seek art, beauty, virtue and truth, warning them against materialism and utilitarianism: he identified those virtues with Spanish America or the Spanish "race", the vices with North America or the Anglo-Saxon "race". The gentle Ariel was the symbol of Spanish-American civilization at its best while Caliban represented North American civilization at its worst. The basic identities of ... tenacity. The universality of the new Caliban metaphor concerned the two late-twentieth-century themes: apartheid in South Africa and French nationalism in Canada. Caliban, as well as Sh...
- Word Count: 2369
- Approx Pages: 9
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate
