1. From the Monster to the Oppres
... regarded that Prospero's suppression of the Caliban-Stephano-Trincilo plot emblemized the cultural invasion of the imperialist America, and The Tempest foreshadowed the fate of the deprived and cultureless local aborigines. Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types ... ". They were "driven to reluctant subservience, smouldering hatred and fear, and clandestine schemes of revenge". Thus Caliban effectively represented native populations almost everywhere, espec...
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