Postcolonialism and Tempest

After reading the chapter we were given on Postcolonialism there were similarities that could be drawn between the chapter and the second and third acts of the Tempest. In the text of the postcolonialsim chapter its states that "Throughout this long history, the West became the colonizers and many African and Asian countries adn their peoples became the colonized." The Westerners of the world traveld to other countries to take over and establish a colony to maximize their power and regin on other people. They believed what they were doing was right and that their policies and traditions would benefit these various cultural people. In the Tempest, Caliban is talking to Prospero and tells him he wishes he had never came to the island and took control over him and became his master. Caliban showed him the important areas of the island such as where to find fresh water and pick berries or where the best places to fish are. Showing Prospero these places allowed Prsopero to utalize the natural resources needed to survive and colonize the only person living on the island which was Caliban. This was exactly what the Westerners did to the African and Asian countries. They would send their armies or officials over to take complete control of the land and make the people show them where the resources are located. Controling all the natural resources means that you control the land and the people that inhabit it. This is the same thing that happend to the Native Americans. Travlers from overseas came to North America and seized the land and the Native Americans. In the video, Native American's image was altered to look like the bad guys whom were crazy savages. They altered their image for the "better" of the white man which made the next generation of Native Americans forget their past not really know who they are.