ore bucholic way of life. He is critisising the Machavellian (excuse the spelling) rule of Antonio+Alonso+Sebastian, and that entire issue of sovereignty. The misleading view of colonisation comes from the question, where one places Prospero in that issue of sovereignty? Is he just as bad as Antonio &c. or is he the archetypal Reneisance ruler, whose only fault is a Faustian noble Quest for knowledge. The play is not one of Colonisation but of religion and the corruption of society. Gonzalo realises that the island is a Utopia remeniscent of a Platonic Republic. This island is where the society is not corrupt, and that the washed up neopolitans can in fact return to this way of life right now. I think this play is clearly dealing with the subject ofcolonialism. Caliban clearly owns the island since he is theoriginal habitant on it, but when Prospero settles the island,he enslaves not only Caliban, but also Ariel who also inhabitsthe island. After Prospero and Miranda set up residence, theybring others to the island, as did the earliest settlers in theNew World (though unlike in the New World, Prospero uses magicto bring the others to his home). ...
