The Tempest Native Americans Relationship Essay

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Despite the differing accounts and perception of the natives and the relationship they held with the colonists, it is fairly universal that at the beginning of most relationships, the natives were known to be kind and accepting of the colonists upon their arrival, showing them the lay of the land and sharing their farming techniques and places to fish. In The Tempest, Caliban provided this same known relationship to Prospero and Miranda: “And then I loved thee. And showed thee all the qualities o’th’isle, the fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile” (I.ii.340-342). This is contradictory to the idea that the natives were brutal barbarians. When Prospero and Miranda came upon the island where Caliban resided, the island rightfully …show more content…
Therefore, a challenge results and provided discreditation against the colonial perception of these indigenous peoples as heathens and due to this contrasting representation of Caliban, who symbolizes the natives in the seventeenth century. Colonists also argued that they had no choice in the treatment of the natives due to their incivility and ruthless nature, that murder and enslavement were their only available reactions in order to establish a successful English colony. However, in The Tempest, Prospero claims that Caliban will only complete his labor in response to a whip in place of kindness, and that failure to do his unfair and gruelling work will result in “cramps, side-stitches that shall pen up [his] breath” and pinches with “each pinch more stinging” (I.ii.329-350). The island landed upon by Prospero and Miranda is under the rightful ownership of Caliban. They stole him from this position and thrust him under their shoe even after the kindness he displayed, and was abused and tortured with failure to comply to their every unreasonable and unjust
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