In <em>The Tempest</em>, the character of Caliban is meant to represent the fate of colonized people who inhabited the Americas prior to the arrival of European power. Caliban was the original inhabitant of the island, and he is described as being half human. However, Prospero eventually arrived to the island and acted as a colonizer. He imposed his own language and his own way of living, and decided to enslave Caliban. This relationship is therefore considered to be a symbol of the relationship of colonizers and colonized.
