1. From the Monster to the Oppres
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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