The Tempest Manipulation

The Tempest is a fictional story detailing the journey of Prospero, the rightful “Duke of Milan”, and his usage of magic in order to manipulate the inhabitants of an island that he was trapped on, with his daughter. Although, to some this may seem like a general narrative discussing the fictional manipulation of an island for power. It is instead, a criticism towards the idea of colonialism,in which several nations, within the Age of Discovery, would try to colonize and impose their own cultures upon indigenous people, allowing for them to expand their power. For example, as Prospero starts to impose his cultural values on Caliban, he takes it slow, in order to gain his trust. At the beginning, Prospero teaches Caliban how to speak properly, as he does not know how to do so. Following this, Prospero seems to understand that if he were to help Caliban, Caliban would own him something in return. Therefore, Prospero starts to treat Caliban as a servant, rather than a pupil. In general, Prospero starts to manipulate and use Caliban’s assistance in order to benefit himself only because he offered to teach Caliban how to speak.
As a result of Caliban’s general assertiveness and aggression towards Prospero, for making Caliban his servant, Caliban is punished by Prospero’s magic. This is very similar to the way Indians, or indigenous people, were treated whenever their land was colonized. Originally, colonizers were very accepting towards the peoples ways, however, as time went on the colonizers began to grow more aggressive and demanding that the indigenous people adapt to the colonizers cultures, much like