Does the tempest and colonialism have similarties

When a country or a power tries to colonize something they bring there culture and customs to the region that they think is needed to be colonized. In the imperial age the name of the game was colonization and if you had the most territory you had the most power which everyone strives for. In a sense you can say that Caliban is the Native Americans for instance and Prospero is England trying to educate and civilize Caliban cause in his cultural he is a savage. Also there was a moment in time were Caliban and Prospero were able to coexist with one another, but Caliban broke this trustworthy bond between them by attempting to have his way with his daughter Miranda. As soon as Prospero found out the trust was broken and Caliban was sentenced to a cave were he lives now, and is now Prospero slave. The parallel I'm trying to depict is when , the Native Americans had a trust bond with the pilgrims and when the Natives broke that, the pilgrims didn't take it lightly and they were punished, but is it right to colonize a "savage" culture or does that culture think the colonizers are the savage ones ?    

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Prospero is a crafty and majestic man. He can manipulate things people imagine of doing. The most noticeable act of manipulation is when he conjures up a storm to bring his enemies to the island, but what some people could have missed is when he explains the past to Miranda. "Twelve years ago, Miranda, twelve years ago your father was the Duke of Milan, a powerful prince and your mother was extremely virtuous, and she said you were my daughter. And your father was Duke of Milan, and you were his heir, a princess"(act1,scene2,page4). This excerpt from the story is revealing the beginning of Miranda and what was to become of here. Also Prospero could just be manipulating her into believing something that possible is not true. Knowing that Prospero could create a storm so that all his enemies could come to the island, i would think that creating a false story to Miranda to get her to believe she could have been more.

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Last week during Thursdays block period we had an activity called a Socratic circle. in the Socratic circle we discussed a issue concerning a women who thinks there should be a change on the way information is taught to students. Kristen Gardner says," use critical-thinking skills and a variety of primary and secondary source material to explain and apply different methods that historians use to understand and interpret the past, including multiple points of view and historical context." Instead of just shoveling facts into young minds, you can teach them to use critical-thinking, to theorize, and to make-up assumptions. Students can gain more knowledge using critical-thinking. For example, instead of just knowing that the A-bomb was dropped in Japan during world war 2, students will get more understanding out of this situation by thinking on"why did president Truman decide to allow the bombs to be dropped" or "if he decided not to initiate the bombing what else could he do to resolve the war." Allowing students to think for themselves will be more beneficial towards them learning. Everyone in the Socratic circle would agree that they would much rather think and use there brain then memorize facts and regurgitate them when needed to. Who has the rights to allow or prohibit someone trying to gain knowledge on a greater level than memorization. I believe when people start learning they start making emotional bonds to that subject and start formulating opinions and when people try to stop that is just inhumane.