Sunday, September 19, 2010

Those Outsiders are Funky Lookin'

In acts 2 and 3, Caliban is portrayed as an inferior native to the island. he is ruled by one master and then by the next, only hoping that doing so will lead him to the freedom which he desires. In the Post Colonial article, natives are referred to as "subhuman, and inferior." which is clearly shown by Shakespears writing in the extreme by Stephano and Trinculo calling him a "monster." They (Stephano and Trinculo) treat him as lower, and less educated. Just like in the article where it states that "Western Europeans, and, in particular, the British people, were biologically superior to any other race".....or so they thought. Now that all of these men are now on this island, many of them have the thoughts of fulfilling their own desires by taking over what they believe they have the right to control. The island is now up for grabs so to speak. But in the way of representation of a native people such as the video with the indians. Representation is a huge part of staying in control or to refuse the changes that others see fit to put into play because they believe that they are more refined because of a title that they pride themselves in having from wherever they came from. which in my opinion has no meaning once in a new land, or place. unless they had the proper representation in this new place. You don't see a CEO of one company go into a company in another part of the world and say, "Monster sweetie, be a good monster and just speak once." like Stephano and Trinculo  did to Caliban. It's a hard cycle to change because those with power often believe that they deserve things which is an instinct of the natural man. It's been cultivated in the past and has twisted history. It's intense stuff.     

1 comment:

  1. I love your title and closing statements! They are just so you and so funny! One of my favorite aspects of your blog was your analogy of a CEO. It makes so much sense to appeal to people in that sort of a way. A CEO is someone who is extremely respected by many people, but this CEO will show respect when he/she goes to another company. They don’t expect to be treated as the CEO of that company just because they are CEO of another one. The world isn’t like that. A ruler of one country will go into another country expecting to be treated as a ruler when this other country already has one. CEOs don’t do that. Stephano and Trinculo get onto this island and automatically assume they are the supreme entities on the island and thus any native, such as Caliban, must be inferior. This truly is “in-tents” stuff….Like camping! ;)

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