HUMA 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, European Colonialism, Norm (Social)
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Ariel and caliban, native inhabitants: king alonso and nobility, including antonio are returning from the wedding in. Tunisia by ship and prospero uses magic to have their ship shipwreck on his island where the play begins: while there he creates a shift in social order from italy. There is this movement from society, nature and back to society: various shenanigans, prospero forgives the nobility and sets servants free, honor code and social hierarchy are rampant: Africa (act ii, scene 1) process of renewal: nature is not society, nature is associated in the play with, they return to naples with new social relations. Nature: the play presents a movement away from society (naples) to nature (the island. Within the frame of thinking that allows this to be conceived, shakespeare is positing a space which is outside of the human world. This move is going to enable the possibility of racism and colonialism.
