America Before Columbus

The theme of love has been one of the major focuses of most literary writers. All have tried to depict and describe the different ideas about love and the different types of love that exist in relationships. The most common type of love that most literary writers have concentrated on in the past is colonial love or love myth that seeks to explain the actions of the characters in the literary works and their reactions to certain issues. The paper seeks to explore the different uses of the colonial love and love myth in some of the films that have been viewed and discussed in class.
Americas before Columbus is a documentary film that focuses on the time before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America. When Christopher Columbus arrived in America he came with a contingent of other sailors. Their adventure included introduction of the honeybees that were set to make honey. Interestingly, the gift honeybees were a façade that blocked them from realizing their true intention scouting America as a potential colony. The act of using a …show more content…
A case in point is when Ferdinand’s work of moving logs as servile labor depicted his acknowledgement of the control that Prospero had as his soon to be father-in-law. On the contrary, Caliban’s duty to Prospero in his farm was only recognized as a slave’s obligation to his master. Moreover, Prospero expected Ferdinand to show his commitment to marry his daughter by working hard and in completing the tasks to show his willing to toil for his daughter even after marriage. Contrarily, Caliban was only expected to meet his duties as a slave without any reward at the end of his undivided commitment to his master, Prospero. The relationship between Prospero and Caliban indicates the conquest that the former has been able to achieve over