Many postcolonial scholars (e.g., Octave Mannoni) view characters Ariel and Caliban from William Shakespeare's<em>The Tempest</em> as representations of slavery. In that sense, Ariel is considered to be the good slave, who believes in negotiation and loyal servitude, whereas Caliban is thought to represent a cunning slave with a resentment against his master, namely Prospero. In fact, there have been subsequent plays based on <em>The Tempest</em> which took place in slavery-linked locations such as Haiti and Cuba.
Answer: Having first-hand knowledge of Kiowa life and heritage made N. Scott Momaday’s account of the Kiowa migration filled with insight from Native American tradition. It is this local’s perspective that differentiates it from historical accounts which are often objective and regarded from a distance.
