Early Colonialism Reinforced Old World Views of New World People
The Tempest embodies the theme of the illusion of justice, which symbolizes old world views of new world people. ... Through old world views, Caliban with his dark appearance was forced into enslavement and his land was taken before him by Prospero himself, representing the dictator that he was. Exemplifying the theme justice, Shakespeare emphasizes the old world views with new world people through the characters of Prospero and Caliban. ... With such power, Prospero overthrew the ownership of the island just as happened in Africa when the colonialists arrived in the new world taking what was not theirs. The depiction of Prospero and Caliban anticipates the apologists of colonialism in virtually every respect. ... This was done because these early settlers thought that the natives were lesser of individuals than them based on their skin complexion, let alone many other things.