The setting of the movie takes place in South America in the 18th century, where two dominate groups of people, slave traders and missionaries, are competing for the minds of the native Indian group, the Guarani. ... Father Gabriel, a Jesuit, is introduced in the beginning of the film, and immediately shows his desire to evolve and cast Christianity to the native Indians, known as the Guarani. ... A Reconsideration of Guarani/Jesuit Communities in 17th and 18th Century Paraguay', he addresses that Catholicism's most compelling feature for the Guarani was the extravagant liturgical ce...

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Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". ... They pointed out, like Indians, Caliban initially viewed the newcomers as god and was friendly to them, but repaid with abuse; he originally owned the land but was soon dispossessed. ... Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types. ... Caliban, t...

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Throughout the years, slavery has played a dominant role within the Cherokee Nation, inevitably affecting thousands of African Americans, American Indians, and Europeans alike. ... The majority of these violent Indian wars occurred in the southern United States. ... The Indian slave trade began to negatively affect the social aspects of many of these tribes, particularly when gender roles in their communities were taken into consideration. ... Meigs, Sr. counted 583 African American slaves held by Cherokee Indians (Davis). ... The Bureau of Indian Affairs stated that th...

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But- and herein lay the real originality of the system- unlike the attitude of the nobles toward the bourgeoisie, the lords toward the serfs, or the Brahmans toward the other Indian castes, the gér could not materially exploit the lower castes without losing face in the eyes of others, as well as their own. ...

• Word Count: 5359
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