The Tempest is a play that has a theme of nature and civilization. It has a strong theme that deals with issues of colonizer and the colonized. While to many people this play may simply be just a play, it really has a story of what happens when nature and civilization collide. The character Caliban represents a being of pure nature. The character Prospero is civilization. These characters can also be seen as the colonized and the colonizer. The relationship they have is very complex and is a constant struggle, much like any relationship between a colonizer and colonized. It questions what is pure nature? Is it savage and monster like, as Caliban is? In this paper I will examine the relationship between Caliban and Prospero and what it represents, as well was what it means to be civilized and “Godly”. Prospero is given a God like role to judge all those around him and demand they repent. There are traces of not only good and evil but also colonization and the problems it creates, as well as the benefits of it, although meager.Prospero, the righteous Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda have been on an Island for twelve years. Prospero’s brother Antonio sent him and his three-year-old niece out into the sea for them to die. His motive for this was so that he can become Duke of Milan. After managing his brother’s affairs, while Prospero immerses himself in the studies of liberal arts, Antonio driven by power decides to seize the opportunity to become the Duke. Fortunately for Prospero, Gonzalo the counselor instructed to send them to sea to drown takes pity on Prospero and his daughter. He stocks their boat with food, clothes, books, as well as many other things to aid in their survival. Prospero, along with his young daughter make the Island their new home. Prospero keeps himself occupied by studying the art of magic and raising his daughter.Before Prospero and Miranda came to the island an ev...
