The Tempest: Comparing The Cultures In The Tempest And Ours
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"All men are created equal" is one of the declarations that American
culture is built on. This declaration means that all men no matter of race,
religion, or creed are equals in the eyes of society, as well as the law. This
was not always true in history, especially not in Shakespeare's day and ....
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.... Miranda. Then he is forced to be their servant. Caliban explains
"Thou strok'st me and make much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in ‘t;
and teach me how to name the bigger light, how the less, That burn by day and
night; and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle,...
For I am all the subjects you have, which first was mine own king."(I,ii,334-
354). We see he is treated as a lesser being because he is not of the same race
as Prospero and Miranda. Pr ....
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