1. The de-colonization movement in the 60's and 70's led to intellectuals looking at Caliban more as the rightful heir of the Island and Prospero the European oppressor.
2. Caliban is the embodiment of the "savage" that European sailors claimed they saw when colonizing new places.
3. Prospero's justification of the enslavement of Caliban represents how Europeans believed that the natives had no culture and they were saving them from barbarism.
4. The enslavement of Caliban also represents how if the Natives did not conform to European values they were lost causes.
5. European writers rewrote the tempest to put more emphasis on Caliban's words against Prospero and his justification for ownership of the Island. This represents the shift of peoples view on the Tempest and how Caliban is now shown in a more positive light.
Questions
1. Does Prospero's magic that he uses to keep Caliban obedient represent something physical such as guns or the perceived intellectual superiority of the Europeans?
2. With this newfound knowledge of the relationship between colonization and the Tempest what does the final interaction between Caliban and Prospero represent?
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