This semester the theme of imperialism stood out to me. Throughout the three major texts we analyzed, I was able to observe how each affected the characters within the story. The theme of imperialism allows us to see the changes in the daily lives of those affected during and after colonization. Through this lens, I observed how Gilgamesh impacted the people of Uruk from The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a brute towards his kingdom, and change their daily lives. Caliban, from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, also changed after being enslaved by Prospero. Prospero took Caliban from his daily routine and taught him his language along with forcing him to do work for Prospero. In the Heart of Darkness, the native Africans were forced to make
