The Tempest. An Imperialist Heaven Or Hell?

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Prospero brought his “new” ideas with him, and began to force them
upon these two savages, Sycorax and Caliban. He believed that his new ideas were
better, such as slavery opposed to freedom, which he imposed on Caliban.

“Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban,
Whom now I keep in my service.”
(Act. I, Sc. II, Ln. 285,6)

This view of whose ideas were better is an obvious matter of opinion, one of
the biggest drawbacks to transforming old ideas into new.
Prospero was the first male that Caliban had seen in his life. As a “
lower being” Caliban worshipped and praised Prospero, as the quote below shows,
until Prospero began to mistreat him.

“I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee”
(Act II, Sc. II, Ln. 81-3)

This worship caused Prospero to act as a ruler above him, eventually
pushing him to be the tyrant over Caliban, including robbing Caliban of his
freedom. Keeping within his worship, Caliban lost his ...

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