Native American Colonialism In The Tempest

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Colonialism is the term describing the overtake of a land and it’s culture in order to benefit and grow another country. AS the Europeans came to colonize what we know now as America, they began to impose their culture upon the Native Americans that had originally lived their. Thus, effectively colonizing it. A major way they imposed their culture upon the Native American’s was by forcing them to understand their language rather than learn the Native American language itself. This way, they would essentially build up the European culture and accept the Native Americans more. Within The Tempest Caliban is taught how to speak the language of Stephano, Trinculo, and Prospero, which in turn makes Caliban in debt towards Prospero, since he was the