Caliban

In many ways caliban is much like the native American Indians who lived here yaersago and still do today. Throughout Shakespeare's  Tempest Caliban is portrayed as a "monster". In many ways so were the indians according to "white men" They were called savages and beasts. The native Americans lived here first. The "white man" came along and was taught how to live off the land like the Indians did. Instead of seeing the indians as actual people they abused and took advantage of them. In many ways Caliban experiences the same things the indans did. Caliban states "He stole it from me.. ". The "white man" also stole the native americans land with no remorse for taking there homes and disrespecting them. Stephano and Trinculo get him drunk and delusional in order to take advantage of the fact the he is a native on the island. Caliban proceeds to tell them that he will show them how to survive of the land. I think that hollywood portrays the indians to be bloodthirsty violent people when that is not the case. Im sure some tribes were violent but there are some people in American society that are crazy and phycotic but that doesn't make our society bad as a whole. It isn't fair to portray indians as only savage beasts. How can they all be this way if they showed us how to survive using their techniques in the beggining? So far i would say Shakespeare presents a semi sympathetic tone towards Caliban. I feel sorry for him. I think he is arguing against colonization because Prospero sent them there as part of his elaborate plan and i don't think he is saying that people should go colonize in other places, i don't get that vibe at all.