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.
What sets Superman apart from the traditional American hero archetype isthat he is “conventionally and traditionally a Boy Scout,” which is why he is hard to relate to for many.
